%0 Journal Article %1 gassman2019cyprians %A GASSMAN, MATTIAS %B The Journal of Ecclesiastical History %D 2019 %I Cambridge University Press %K Cyprianus %N 1 %P 1-17-- %R DOI: 10.1017/S0022046917002780 %T Cyprian's Early Career in the Church of Carthage %U https://www.cambridge.org/core/article/cyprians-early-career-in-the-church-of-carthage/42CCB4E1A0D28596E936CC0E94CAAE84 %V 70 %X Cyprian's baptism is usually placed in 245–6, two to four years before he became bishop. The early treatise Ad Donatum is thus taken as a witness to the neophyte's spiritual ‘transition’. This article challenges this common biographical narrative. A date just before Cyprian's ordination in 248/9 fits the evidence better than 246. As comparison with Ad Quirinum suggests, the winsome portrait of Cyprian the true convert that Ad Donatum paints might have done more than exhort neophytes to zealous spirituality: it may also have been meant to silence the presbyters whom Pontius’ Vita and Cyprian himself portray as critics of his ordination.

@article{gassman2019cyprians, abstract = {Cyprian's baptism is usually placed in 245–6, two to four years before he became bishop. The early treatise Ad Donatum is thus taken as a witness to the neophyte's spiritual ‘transition’. This article challenges this common biographical narrative. A date just before Cyprian's ordination in 248/9 fits the evidence better than 246. As comparison with Ad Quirinum suggests, the winsome portrait of Cyprian the true convert that Ad Donatum paints might have done more than exhort neophytes to zealous spirituality: it may also have been meant to silence the presbyters whom Pontius’ Vita and Cyprian himself portray as critics of his ordination.}, added-at = {2019-05-23T21:52:25.000+0200}, author = {GASSMAN, MATTIAS}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a291ba3a2bf443ffa30e01b22540a2bc/filologanoga}, booktitle = {The Journal of Ecclesiastical History}, description = {Cyprian's Early Career in the Church of Carthage | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History | Cambridge Core}, doi = {DOI: 10.1017/S0022046917002780}, interhash = {74a54f39ba6330480d72a1b29267f1da}, intrahash = {a291ba3a2bf443ffa30e01b22540a2bc}, issn = {00220469}, keywords = {Cyprianus}, number = 1, pages = {1-17--}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, timestamp = {2019-05-23T21:52:25.000+0200}, title = {Cyprian's Early Career in the Church of Carthage}, url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/article/cyprians-early-career-in-the-church-of-carthage/42CCB4E1A0D28596E936CC0E94CAAE84}, volume = 70, year = 2019 }