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On the Mortality

SaintsSt. Cyprian of CarthageOn the Mortality
On the MortalitySt. Cyprian of Carthage

On the Mortality

Written in the plague at Carthage, 252

By St. Cyprian of Carthage

33 min · Early Church · Latin West

  • Death
  • Grief
  • Fear and worry

Written with the dead in the streets of Carthage, for Christians who found they were afraid of dying in a bed and were ashamed of being afraid.

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Source: St. Cyprian of Carthage, On the Mortality (Treatise VII), written c. 252 during the plague at Carthage. Translated by Robert Ernest Wallis. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 5 (ed. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe, 1886). Public domain. Source text via Wikisource. Schaff's editorial footnotes are omitted; the text is Cyprian's, unabridged.