What does St. Cyprian say about tradition?

The answer

St. Cyprian insists that outside the Church there is no salvation, either for heretics or for schismatics: “He can no longer have God for his Father, who has not the Church for his mother.”²⁴³ Therefore, the true interpretation of Scripture and orthodox doctrines are found only within the true Church. The tradition of the true Church is the guardian of the Christian faith.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

²⁴³ St. Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Church 6 (ANF 5:423); Letter 73.7 (ANF 5:388).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.