The Presbyters Project

Session 1

188. [...] Item recitauit: "Ianuarius episcopus Numidiensis". Cumque accessisset, idem dixit: "Mandaui et subscripsi et traditores non habeo". Fortunatianus episcopus ecclesiae catholicae Siccensis dixit: "Unde es?" Ianuarius episcopus dixit: "Numidia est; Mauretania est Caesariensis". Reparatus episcopus ecclesiae catholicae Sufasaritanae dixit: "Dioecesis mea est. Illic presbyterum habeo, illic tecum uigilauit". [...]

(ed. Lancel 1972: 838-840)

Session 1

188. 188. [...] [Marcellinus] read: "Januarius, bishop of Numidia." He approached, and said: "I signed the mandate; I do not have traitors." Fortunatianus, the bishop of the Catholic Church of Sicca, said: "Where are you from?" The [Donatist] Bishop Januarius said: "From Numidia in Mauretania Caesariensis." Reparatus, the bishop of the Catholic Church of Sufasar, said: "This is my diocese. I have a presbyter there, he kept vigil with you." [...]

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

On the first day of the Conference, the Donatists challenged the list of the signatures of the Catholic bishops on the document in which they had assigned their representatives. The roll call followed, in which the tribune Marcellinus, who presided, called the Catholic bishops one by one, and their Donatist counterparts were to identify them. Then the roll call proceeded in the opposite way, with the Donatist bishops identified by the Catholics.

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa

City

Sufasar

About the source:

Title: Acts of the Conference of Carthage, Gesta Collationis Carthaginiensis
Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian, Donatist

The conference between the Catholics and the Donatists was held in Carthage on 1-8 June 411. Its goal was to arrive at unity between the rival Churches. The proceedings were minutely recorded, and the majority of the acts have been preserved to our days.

Edition:

S. Lancel ed., Actes de la Conférence de Carthage en 411, tome II, Sources Chrétiennes 195, Paris 1972.

Categories:

Functions within the Church - Parish presbyter

Functions within the Church - Rural presbyter

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Specific number of presbyters from the same church

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Relation with - Heretic/Schismatic

Devotion - Veneration of saints and relics

Devotion - Vigils

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1003, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1003