that one should be baptized and sanctified within the eighth day after his birth. In
our council it seemed to us far otherwise.”
Letter to Cornelius of Rome (C. 252 AD):
59 (55), 14
“With a false bishop appointed for themselves by heretics, they dare even to set
sail and carry letters from schismatics and blasphemers to the chair of Peter and
to the principal Church, in which sacerdotal unity has its source; nor did they take
thought that these are Romans, whose faith was praised by the preaching Apostle,
and among whom it is not possible for perfidy to have entrance.”
Letter to the People of Thibar (253 AD):
58, 10
“Oh, what a day that will be, and how great when it comes, dearest brethren! when
the Lord begins to survey His people and to recognize by examining with divine
knowledge the merits of each individual! to cast into hell evildoers, and to
condemn our persecutors to the eternal fire and punishing flame! and indeed, to
present to us the reward of faith and devotion! What will be that glory, and how
great the joy of being admitted to the sight of God! to be so honored as to receive
the joy of eternal light and salvation in the presence of Christ the Lord, your
God!”
Epistle to Caecilius on the Sacrament of the Cup of the Lord (253 AD):
4
“In the priest Melchizedek we see prefigured the sacrament of the sacrifice of the
Lord, according to what divine Scripture testifies, ‘And Melchizedek, king of
Salem, brought forth bread and wine’…For who is more a priest of the most high
God than Our Lord Jesus Christ, who offered a sacrifice to God the Father, and
offered that very same thing which Melchizedek had offered, that is, bread and
wine, to wit, His body and blood?…In Genesis therefore, that the
benediction…might be duly celebrated, the figure of Christ’s sacrifice precedes as
ordained in bread and wine; which thing the Lord, completing and fulfilling,
offered bread and the cup mixed with wine, and so He who is the fullness of truth
fulfilled the truth of the image prefigured.”
Letter to Florentius Pupianus (254 AD):
66 (69), 8
“There speaks Peter, upon whom the Church would be built, teaching in the name
of the Church and showing that even if a stubborn and proud multitude withdraws
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