Saints who resisted heresy
St Cyprian of Carthage
Taught the unity of the Church around the bishop, “he cannot have God for his Father who has not the Church for his mother”, and died a martyr.
- Period
- †258
- Witness
- Bishop of Carthage, hieromartyr
- Controversy
- Early heresies
Witness under persecution
What this saint faced
Taught the unity of the Church around the bishop, “he cannot have God for his Father who has not the Church for his mother”, and died a martyr.
Exile, imprisonment or torture
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