Sipriani mfiadini

Picha ya Mt. Sipriani.

Sipriani (kwa Kilatini: Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus; 210 hivi - 14 Septemba 258) alikuwa askofu wa Karthago na mwandishi muhimu kati ya Mababu wa Kanisa, ambaye vitabu vyake vya Kilatini viko hadi leo.

Anaheshimiwa na Kanisa Katoliki, Waorthodoksi na Waorthodoksi wa Mashariki kama mtakatifu.

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 16 Septemba.

Maisha

Alizaliwa mwanzoni mwa karne ya 3 katika eneo la Afrika kaskazini, labda huko Karthago, alipopata elimu na kuwa mhubiri maarufu.

Baada ya kuongokea Ukristo kwa msaada wa padri Sesili (245), alipata mapema kuwa shemasi, padri akachaguliwa kuwa askofu mwaka 249 na hatimaye akawa mfiadini.

Maandishi yake

Yanapatikana katika magombo 3 na 4 ya Patrologia Latina.

Kitabu chake muhimu zaidi ni "De unitate ecclesiae" (Umoja wa Kanisa). Humo aliandika: "Hawezi kuwa na Mungu kama Baba yule asiye na Kanisa kama mama; . . . asiyekusanya katika Kanisa analitawanya Kanisa la Kristo" (vi.); "Hakuna nyumba nyingine kwa waamini isipokuwa Kanisa pekee" (ix.).

Tazama pia

• Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
• Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko
• Mababu wa Kanisa

Marejeo

• Brent, Allen, editor and translator, "St Cyprian of Carthage: Selected Treatises," St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2007, ISBN 0-88141-312-7
• Brent, Allen, editor and translator, "St Cyprian of Carthage: Selected Letters," St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2007, ISBN 0-88141-313-5
• Daniel, Robin, "This Holy Seed: Faith, Hope and Love in the Early Churches of North Africa," (Chester, Tamarisk Publications, 2010: from www.opaltrust.org) ISBN 095385634
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Cyprian texts
• J.M. Tebes, "Cyprian of Carthage: Christianity and Social World in the 3rd. century", Cuadernos de Teología 19, (2000) (Kihispania)

Viungo vya nje

• Cyprian and Roman Carthage Archived 11 Novemba 2011 at the Wayback Machine. by Allen Brent(Cambridge, 2010).
• Pontius the Deacon (Pontius Diaconis), "The Life and Passion of Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr"
• "The Plague of AD 251" Archived 2012-12-20 at Archive.today
• Cyprian on the nature of the Church and Papacy by Dom John Chapman Archived 9 Agosti 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
• Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Cyprian
• Works by Cyprian at the IntraText Digital Library, with concordance and frequency lists
• Acta proconsularia S. Cypriani
• Multilanguage Opera Omnia

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