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The Treatises of Cyprian, Book 12c, Ch. 85 — Tolle Lege

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St. Cyprian

The Treatises of Cyprian

Book 12c › Chapter 85

That we must rise when a bishop or a presbyter comes

In Leviticus: “You shall rise up before the face of the elder, and shall honour the person of the presbyter.”

Read in full at New Advent

Source: The Treatises of Cyprian (New Advent)