Monday, September 23, 2013

Cyprian: "One altar and the one priesthood"

“THERE is one God, and Christ is one, and there is one Church, and one chair founded upon Peter by the word of the Lord. Another altar cannot be constituted nor a new priesthood be made, except the one altar and the one priesthood.”

~St. Cyprian of Carthage: “Letters,” 39, 5. (c. 200 – Sept. 14, 258)