Sophia Scriptura

Prayer 2

Oratio II

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Contents

  1. 1The second prayer ascribed to Cyprian opens by invoking the God of the patriarchs, the Judge and Giver of life, and asks to be freed from this mortal world.
  2. 2The petitioner confesses his sins and asks God to hear him as he heard Jonah, the Ninevites, David, the three young men, Daniel, Tobit and Sarah, Susanna, Hezekiah, and Thecla.
  3. 3The petitioner thanks the Father for sending his Son, born of the Virgin by the Holy Spirit, to free us from death.
  4. 4The petitioner invokes the Son of God through his miracles and his work in creation.
  5. 5The petitioner recalls the angels' praise and Christ's promises about prayer, and declares himself ready to shed his blood for Christ's name.
  6. 6The prayer ends by confessing Christ's passion, descent, resurrection, and return, and asks for victory over the devil and deliverance from eternal punishment.

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
section (Hartel, CSEL 3.3, 1871)
SBL abbreviation
Orat. 2Not 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)
CTS URN
urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0104p.stoa015