Cyprian

The beard must not be plucked. Ye shall not deface the figure of your beard.

— Cyprian

Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error.

— Cyprian

Persevere in labors that lead to salvation. Always be busy in spiritual actions. In this way, no matter how often the enemy…

— Cyprian

Whatever a man prefers to God, that he makes a god to himself.

— Cyprian

Baptism pertains to the Church alone.

— Cyprian

When we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer.

— Cyprian

There is one God and one Christ, and one Church, and one chair founded on Peter by the word of the Lord.…

— Cyprian

The Lord withdraws when He is denied, and what is taken by the undeserving does not avail them unto salvation, since the…

— Cyprian

But later, by the help of the water of new birth, the stain of former years was washed away, and a light…

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The spouse of Christ cannot be defiled; she is uncorrupted and chaste.

— Cyprian

Peter, in showing that the Church is one and that only those who are in the Church can be saved, said: "In…

— Cyprian

Think not that you are thus maintaining the Gospel of Christ when you separate yourselves from the flock of Christ.

— Cyprian

Before all things, the Teacher of Peace and the Master of Unity would not have prayer made singly and individually, as for…

— Cyprian

The beard must not be plucked. 'You will not deface the figure of your beard'.

— Cyprian

Whereas there can be but one Baptism, they think they can Baptize; they have abandoned the fountain of life, yet promise the…

— Cyprian

Since the baptismal rebirth takes place only with the one Bride of Christ, where could he be born who is not a…

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