On the Singularity of the Clergy (on clerics living with women)

De singularitate clericorum · Pseudo-Cyprian (anonymous; attributed by some to Novatian) · 3rd-4th century (disputed; Harnack and Blacha argued for Novatian, c. 250, which would pu… · treatise

Latin · domain: latin-patristic-pre-nicene · researched 2026-11-14

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

No English translation was located. HOLLIS returns a 2025 Brepols/CTLO Latin text and two German studies of the treatise - Harnack's 1903 attribution to the Donatist bishop Macrobius and Friedrich Blacha's 1904/1913 argument that it is Novatian's - but no English item. It is not among the pseudo-Cyprianic treatises translated in Ante-Nicene Fathers 5. The date is disputed, so its membership in a pre-Nicene slice is itself uncertain.

The sharpest early Latin treatment of the practice of male clergy living with consecrated women, and a rare source for the social history of asceticism before monasticism. Its authorship and date are contested, which makes a translation with an argument about provenance particularly valuable. No verified Latin etext could be fetched for this survey.

Existing translations recorded

Edition / series
Der pseudo-cyprianische Traktat De singularitate clericorum: ein Werk des Novatian · Friedrich Blacha (author of a German study) · 1904 language: de · German study arguing authorship; not a translation

Edition / series

Der pseudo-cyprianische Traktat De singularitate clericorum: ein Werk des Novatian · Friedrich Blacha (author of a German study) · 1904

language: de · German study arguing authorship; not a translation

Electronic text

No open electronic text was verified for this work. The Greek/Coptic/Geʿez may exist only in a print or subscription edition (Migne, CSCO, TLG, CMCL).

Scanned witnesses

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Harvard Hollis

Record	Citation
Pseudo-Cyprian: Adversus Judaeos. Gegen die Judenchristen die älteste lateinische Predigt Damme, Dirk van · 1969 · ger	Damme, Dirk van. "Pseudo-Cyprian: Adversus Judaeos. Gegen die Judenchristen die älteste lateinische Predigt." Freiburg, Schweiz, Universitätsverlag, 1969. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990012632800203941
On Pseudo-Cyprian's Heptateuchos : biblical rewriting between narratio probabilis and allusive intertextuality · 2023 · eng, fre	"On Pseudo-Cyprian's Heptateuchos : biblical rewriting between narratio probabilis and allusive intertextuality." Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99156665351403941
De baptismo : et Ps.-Cypriani De rebaptismate Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230 · 1916 · lat	Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230. "De baptismo : et Ps.-Cypriani De rebaptismate." Bonnae : P. Hanstein, 1916. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022554220203941
On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos : Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality Gallus, Ps.-Cyprianus · 2023 · lat	Gallus, Ps.-Cyprianus. "On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos : Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality." Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99157958268203941
Tertullien, De spectacvlis; suivi de Pseudo-Cyprien, De spectacvlis Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230 · 1933 · lat	Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230. "Tertullien, De spectacvlis; suivi de Pseudo-Cyprien, De spectacvlis." Paris, Société d'édition Les Belles lettres, 1933. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99159350045103941

Record

Citation

Pseudo-Cyprian: Adversus Judaeos. Gegen die Judenchristen die älteste lateinische Predigt

Damme, Dirk van · 1969 · ger

Damme, Dirk van. "Pseudo-Cyprian: Adversus Judaeos. Gegen die Judenchristen die älteste lateinische Predigt." Freiburg, Schweiz, Universitätsverlag, 1969. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990012632800203941

On Pseudo-Cyprian's Heptateuchos : biblical rewriting between narratio probabilis and allusive intertextuality

· 2023 · eng, fre

"On Pseudo-Cyprian's Heptateuchos : biblical rewriting between narratio probabilis and allusive intertextuality." Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99156665351403941

De baptismo : et Ps.-Cypriani De rebaptismate

Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230 · 1916 · lat

Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230. "De baptismo : et Ps.-Cypriani De rebaptismate." Bonnae : P. Hanstein, 1916. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022554220203941

On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos : Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality

Gallus, Ps.-Cyprianus · 2023 · lat

Gallus, Ps.-Cyprianus. "On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos : Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality." Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99157958268203941

Tertullien, De spectacvlis; suivi de Pseudo-Cyprien, De spectacvlis

Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230 · 1933 · lat

Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230. "Tertullien, De spectacvlis; suivi de Pseudo-Cyprien, De spectacvlis." Paris, Société d'édition Les Belles lettres, 1933. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99159350045103941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “On the Singularity of the Clergy (on clerics living with women)” (latin gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/latin-pseudocyprian-de-singularitate-clericorum