To Quirinus: Three Books of Testimonies 3.119–3.120
Latin text: CSEL 3.1 (Latin text: W. von Hartel (CSEL 3.1, 1868), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5 (1886).
Chapter 3
3.119CSEL 3.1:183–184
GRAVE FVISSE IVGVM LEGIS QVOD A NOBIS ABIECTVM EST ET LEVE ESSE IVGVM DOMINI QVOD A NOBIS SVSCEPTVM EST. In psalmo secundo: Quare fremuerunt gentes et populi meditati sunt inania? adstiterunt reges terrae et principes conuenerunt in unum aduersus Dominum et aduersus Christum eius. disrumpamus uincula eorum et proiciamus a nobis iugum ipsorum. Item in euangelio secundum Matthaeum: Venite ad me, omnes qui laboratis et onerati estis, et ego uos reficiam. tollite iugum meum super uos et discite a me, quia mitis sum et humilis corde, et inuenietis requiem animabus uestris. iugum enim meum bonum est et onus meum leue est. Item in Actibus apostolorum: Visum est sancto Spiritui et nobis nullam uobis inponere sarcinam, quam ista quae ex necessitate sunt, abstinere uos ab idololatriis et sanguine et fornicatione. et quaecumque uobis fieri non uultis, alii ne feceritis.
That the yoke of the law, which we have cast off, was heavy, and that the yoke of the Lord, which we have taken up, is light. In the second Psalm: “Why have the nations raged, and the peoples devised vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ: Let us break their bonds and cast their yoke from us.” Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is good and my burden is light.” Also in the Acts of the Apostles: “It has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no burden other than these necessary things: that you abstain from idolatries and from blood and from sexual immorality; and whatever you do not wish to be done to you, do not do to another.”
Ps 2:1–3 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:28–30 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 15:28–29 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The heavy yoke of the Mosaic law has been cast off, and Christ's light yoke taken up in its place.
- The quotations are Ps 2:1–3; Matt 11:28–30; Acts 15:28–29 (in the Western form, without “things strangled” and with the negative Golden Rule).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (words run together in the digital text): proiciamusa nobis → proiciamus a nobis.
Cite (SBL): Cyprian, Test. 3.119 (CSEL 3.1:183–184; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyprian-testimonia/3-119/#p-3-119).
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3.120CSEL 3.1:184
ORATIONIBVS INSISTENDVM. Paulus ad Colossenses: Instate orationi uigilantes in ea. Item in psalmo primo: Sed in lege Domini uoluntas eius, et in lege eius meditabitur die ac nocte.
That we must persevere in prayer. Paul to the Colossians: “Persevere in prayer, keeping watch in it.” Also in the first Psalm: “But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he will meditate day and night.”
Col 4:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 1:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians must pray constantly, meditating on God's law day and night.
- The quotations are Col 4:2; Ps 1:2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split in the digital text): Coloss enses → Colossenses.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Cyprian, Test. 3.120 (CSEL 3.1:184; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyprian-testimonia/3-119/#p-3-120).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin text of CSEL 3.1; made independently of existing English translations.