Thascius Caecilianus Cyprianus (died 258) is known as St. Cyprian. As bishop of Carthage, he was the most prominent leader of Western, or Latin, Christianity in his time. He contributed to the development of thought on the nature and unity of the...

CYPRIAN (c. 205–258), also known as Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus; bishop of Carthage. According to his own testimony, Cyprian was raised in Carthage, where he was born probably in the first decade of the third century. Scion of a noble pagan...

Saint Cyprian (Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus) (died September 14, 258) was bishop of Carthage and an important early Christian writer. He was probably born at the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received an...

Ancient and Medieval Cyprian the Bishop. By J. Patout Burns, Jr. (London and New York: Routledge. 2002. Pp. xi, 240. $29.95 paperback.) Burns's monograph is concentrated on the development of the theology of Cyprian in the middle of the third century, especially of...

[Editor's note: To provide theological support for the Common Ground Initiative, the author explores an ancient practice, active participation by the faithful in the process of ecclesial discernment. Cyprian of Carthage consulted broadly and sought communal consensus on such matters as the election of...

Kezzia Musimbi Kadurenge clutched a crumpled tissue and wailed for her youngest child, who was a flight attendant on the Kenya Airways flight that crashed in a foggy and remote central African rainforest."Oh my last born, my last born, where am I going to go?"...