{"title":"St. Cyprian of Carthage","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"on-the-church-select-letters","title":"On the Church: Select Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSVS Press Popular Patristics Series #33\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume II of a 2-volume Set\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSt Cyprian, third-century bishop of Carthage, developed a theory of church unity almost universally accepted up to the European Reformation: to be a member of the Body of Christ you needed to be in communion with a priest who was in communion with a bishop who in turn was in communion with all other bishops in the world. But, how could you discern who was a legitimate bishop? And, on what kind of issue would it be right to break off communion? Additionally, could self-authenticating ministries, like those of martyrs and confessors who had suffered for the faith, supersede this order? 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Each volume contains an introduction to the two principal controversies that spurred St Cyprian to write his defense on church unity: first, the readmission to the Eucharist of those Christians who had lapsed or fallen in the persecution under Emperor Decius; and second, the sacramental validity of baptism in heretical and schismatic communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey are questions that continue to arise in various forms in the contemporary Church, and thus, these companion volumes are of ultimate value to the state of current Christendom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eåÊ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Allen Brent.åÊ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Vladimir's Seminary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":721105447,"sku":"9780881413120","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0494\/6593\/products\/cyprian_church_treat.gif?v=1403205286"},{"product_id":"on-the-lords-prayer","title":"On the Lord's Prayer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSVS Press Popular Patristics Series #29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are the only three existing ante-Nicene treatises on the Lord's Prayer. 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