Community and Fellowship: Cyprian of Carthage: The Unity of the Church

Cyprian of Carthage (d. 258) wrote "On the Unity of the Church" during a time of schism and persecution. His famous declaration -- "He cannot have God for his father who has not the Church for his mother" -- was not institutional arrogance but a conviction that Christian faith is inherently communal. No one is saved alone; no one grows alone; no one worships alone.…