{"product_id":"saint-cyprian-of-carthage-from-pagan-wealth-to-christian-legend-9798196794278","title":"Saint Cyprian of Carthage: From Pagan Wealth to Christian Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gideon Black\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Living - Spiritual Growth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAINT CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE: From Pagan Wealth to Christian Legend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe had Rome in his hands. He threw it away for a grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThascius Caecilius Cyprianus was born to win. A master rhetorician, a wealthy aristocrat, a name that opened doors in Carthage - laurels, land, and a future soaked in gold. Then he met Christ. And burned it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the story of a stained-glass saint. This is the story of a man who ran. Who was branded a coward. Who returned to a city choking on plague to bury the dead with his own hands while priests fled and temples fell silent. A bishop who turned his house into a hospital, his gold into bread, and his pen into a sword for the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught between empire and exile, between the rigorists who wanted the *lapsi* damned and the lapsed who begged to come home, Cyprian declared war on schism with one line that still shakes the Church: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He cannot have God for his Father who has not the Church for his Mother.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe stood alone as Decius demanded incense to Caesar. He bled ink through letters that held a fractured Church together from the hills of exile. He faced Valerian's sword and answered the question that costs everything: \"Are you Thascius Cyprianus?\"* \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith one word: *\"I am.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his last breath: \"Deo gratias.\" Thanks be to God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom pagan wealth to a crown that doesn't fade. From the courtroom to the catacombs. From Sacrificavit to martyrdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the legend written in blood that shaped Augustine, silenced schisms, and still thunders into our age of pandemic, division, and compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the edict comes. When the door shuts. When the world says burn the incense or die - Cyprian speaks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mother is waiting. The coat is without seam. The gain is Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen this book. The sword has already fallen. The Church is still standing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892608417943,"sku":"9798196794278","price":984.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196794278.webp?v=1781187709","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/saint-cyprian-of-carthage-from-pagan-wealth-to-christian-legend-9798196794278","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}