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The Church Fathers · 256
On the Good of Patience
De Bono Patientiae
Cyprian of Carthage · c. 210–258
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What it is
Written while the rebaptism quarrel was at its most bitter, commending patience as the virtue that holds a divided church together, and taking Tertullian's treatise as its starting point.
Why it lasted
A model of how to argue for restraint while losing an argument, and Cyprian's most personal ethical work.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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