ABSTRACT
ST CYPRIAN called Tertullian his master. He used to like t o say " Da magistrum " when hc wished to have in his hand some work of his vigorous predecessor for his daily readinga1 He was profoundly under the impress of that dominating genius. What a difference however between the intemperate ascetic, the crafty sophist Tertullian, and this essentially loyal and true, though very experienced soul ! Cyprian had thosc qualities of heart which attract, which draw sympathy ; I mean charity, prudence, and love of order, of harmony and of peace. Quite from the beginning these gifts clearly belonged to his cast of mind : he was made like that. But they proceeded also from the exercise of his function. At a very early age he had the charge of souls, having been appointed scarcely two or three years after his conversion to direct the group of Christians a t Carthage.
