{"podcast":{"title":"InPrincipio Podcast","slug":"inprincipio-podcast-7506411","podcast_index_feed_id":7506411,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10847c74c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reccared","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44238891/44238891-1763068059155-6d21195dc94e9.jpg","author":"InPrincipio","episode_count":553,"summary":"Books, readings, and historical studies with a Catholic perspective","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T02:19:58.246816+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inprincipio-podcast-7506411"},"episode":{"title":"Pope St. Cornelius and St. Cyprian (September 16) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year","slug":"pope-st-cornelius-and-st-cyprian-september-16-from-dom-gu-ranger-s-liturgical-year","published_at":"2026-09-15T21:33:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inprincipio-podcast-7506411/pope-st-cornelius-and-st-cyprian-september-16-from-dom-gu-ranger-s-liturgical-year","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inprincipio-podcast-7506411","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reccared/episodes/Pope-St--Cornelius-and-St--Cyprian-September-16--From-Dom-Gurangers-Liturgical-Year-e3otbai","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10847c74c/podcast/play/125790994/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-15%2F6ce0b5ba-9bfd-8d80-21cf-093066fcbc5d.mp3","summary":"A meditation for the Feast of Pope Saint Cornelius and Saint Cyprian, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume V of the Time after Pentecost.Pope Saint Cornelius and Saint Cyprian, both celebrated on September 16 in the traditional Roman calendar, were great defenders of the Church during the persecution of the Emperor Decius in the third century. Cornelius became Pope in 251 and courageously opposed the rigorist priest Novatian, who claimed that Christians who had denied the Faith during persecution could never be reconciled to the Church, while Cornelius upheld the Church’s authority to forgive repentant sinners. Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage and one of the most distinguished Fathers of the early Church, supported Cornelius in this controversy and became one of the Pope’s closest allies. Cyprian himself was martyred by beheading in 258 under the Emperor Valerian, while Cornelius had already been exiled to Centumcellae, where he died in 253. Their close friendship and common defense of the Church’s unity, mercy, and authority have made them enduring examples of fidelity amid persecution and doctrinal controversy.Please note that Servant of God Dom Prosper Guéranger went to his eternal reward in 1875; at this point, Volumes I-IX (Advent to Pentecost Saturday) had been completed, but Volumes X-XV (Trinity Sunday to Advent) had not yet been completed. Thus, the remaining readings of the Liturgical Year, from Trinity Sunday until Advent, were not directly authored by Dom Prosper, but were the work of his disciple Dom Lucien Fromage. Dom Prosper Guéranger's The Liturgical Year, a monumental fifteen-volume work, offers a comprehensive exploration of the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar, guiding readers through the spiritual and historical richness of the…","meta_description":"A meditation for the Feast of Pope Saint Cornelius and Saint Cyprian, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume V of the Time after Pentecost.Pop…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1101,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inprincipio-podcast-7506411/episodes/pope-st-cornelius-and-st-cyprian-september-16-from-dom-gu-ranger-s-liturgical-year/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inprincipio-podcast-7506411/pope-st-cornelius-and-st-cyprian-september-16-from-dom-gu-ranger-s-liturgical-year.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}