Following a survey of 20th century scholarship's various interpretations of unitas as employed
by the mid-3rd century CE's Cyprian of Carthage this volume introduces an innovative
hermeneutic that utilizes a contextual analysis of all 233 instances of the term meaning
«oneness unity» in extant Latin literature's Pagan and ante-Nicene Christian authors from the
1st century BCE through the early 4th century CE. A synthesis subsequently is rendered possible
and continuity in the term's meaning without change confusion or contradiction remains a
hallmark.
