1A prayer ascribed to Cyprian asks God for purity of heart, protection from the devil, and help such as he gave to Tobias, Daniel, Thecla, Paul, and Peter.
About this work
Author
Anonymous
Attribution
spurious · A prayer printed in the appendix of Cyprian's works; not his.
Standing
Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Anonymous or pseudonymous work read and used in the church of its time.
Date
uncertain (disputed) · Date and authorship are disputed.
Written at
Unknown (disputed)
Language
Latin
Genre
other
Reference system
the whole prayer (Hartel, CSEL 3.3, 1871)
SBL abbreviation
Orat. 1Not yet checked
Text from
Wilhelm von Hartel, ed., S. Thasci Caecili Cypriani Opera omnia, Pars 3, CSEL 3.3 (Vienna: Gerold, 1871) (Printed edition in the public domain; digital text CC BY-SA 4.0)