The Testimony Of St. Cyprian Against Rome - Softcover

George Ayliffe Poole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461369575 ISBN 13: 9780461369571

Publisher: HardPress, 2019

Synopsis

The Testimony Of St. Cyprian Against Rome, An Essay Towards Determining The Judgment Of St. Cyprian Touching Papal Supremacy by George Ayliffe Poole. This work critically examines the writings of Saint Cyprian to determine his stance on Papal supremacy. Poole argues that Cyprian regarded the unity of the Church as rooted in the episcopate and in Peter’s primacy as a symbol of unity rather than a transmissible, centralized authority over all churches. He analyzes Cyprian’s tract De Unitate Ecclesiae, his tract De Lapsis, and his Epistles to Cornelius, Florentius, Quintus, and others, comparing them with the views of early Fathers such as Augustine, Optatus, and Firmilian. The author concludes that Cyprian did not endorse the modern Roman claim to universal papal jurisdiction and infers that tradition supports episcopal equality rather than Rome’s supremacy. The volume includes an Appendix on Cyprian’s ambitions, discussions of forgeries, and considerations of ecclesiastical law and baptism. It is a careful polemical history challenging later papal pretensions by appealing to Cyprian’s testimony.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461369575
• ISBN 13: 9780461369571
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280