Cyprian
3rd century · AD 258 · Early Fathers (before Nicaea) · 889 passages
Bishop and martyr who wrote on the unity of the church, prayer, and how Christians should endure persecution and plague.
In his own words on 2 John
- 2 John 1:10
Also another Aurelius of Chullabi said: John the apostle laid it down in his epistle, saying: "If any one come unto you, and have not the doctrine of Christ, receive him not into your house, and say not to him, Hail. For he that saith to him, Hail, partakes with his evil deeds." How can such be rashly admitted into God's house, who are prohibited from being admitted into our private dwelling? Or how can we hold communion with them without the Church's baptism, to whom, if we should only say Hail, we are partakers of their evil deeds?
The Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.