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Preface      

Introduction       

§1 The Crisis from the Decian Persecution      

Letter 8: Roman Presbyters Criticise Cyprian on His Flight       

Letter 13: Questionable Practices of Some Confessors      

Letter 15: Presbyters and Deacons Who Fail the Martyrs         

Letter 16: Martyrs and Confessors Who Fail the Church      

Letter 21: Celerinus Seeks Absolution for His Sisters         

Letter 22: Lucianus Replies for the Corporate Body       

Letter 23: Lucianus Grants General Absolution by the Martyrs      

Letter 24: Caldonius Consults Cyprian on Difficult Cases      

Letter 27: Cyprian Replies to the Claims of Lucianus       

Letter 33: Cyprian, in Response to an Anonymous Document       

Letter 38: The Confessor Aurelius Is Ordained Reader        

Letter 39: Celerinus Joins Cyprian's Side and Is Made Reader      

§2 The Unity of the Church and the Nature of Schism      

Letter 43: The Origin and Character of the Schism of Felicissimus       

Letter 55: The Origin and Character of the Novatian Schism       

Letter 59: Troubles with Felicissimus: Cyprian Criticizes Pope Cornelius      

§3 Controversies on the Eucharist and Baptism      

Letter 63: The Nature of Holy Communion       

Letter 72: Stephen and the Baptismal Controversy      

Letter 73: Rebaptism: the Novatian Dimension       

Letter 75: Rebaptism: Firmilian's Approving Reply       

§4 The End: Cyprians Account of His Final Days      

Letter 80: Valerians Rescript       

Letter 81: Cyprian Awaits His Final Sentence      

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