REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tertullian
5 Apr 2016
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Salvation the saving of a sinner from the righteous judgment of god. Schismatic novationists separate religious sect that performed sacraments outside of the church. Excommunication act of discipline where the church breaks fellowship with a member who has refused to repent of sins. Confession the act of disclosing one"s sins. Circumcision a physical operation that entered one into the abrahamic covenant. Cyprian was the bishop of carthage in north africa, he was heavily influenced by his predecessor, tertullian, and practiced stringent and rigorous faith. Cyprian defended the faith against the schismatic novationists. Cyprian is most famous for writing on the unity of the church where he claims that there is no salvation outside of the church. In the church and salvation cyprian talks about a situation where members of the church have committed the sin of adultery.
