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10, 5. [...] Video plane mira opera, quotidianas uiolentias Circumcellionum sub episcopis et presbyteris ducibus circumquaque uolitare, et terribiles fustes Israeles uocare, quae homines qui nunc uiuunt, quotidie uident et sentiunt. [...]

(ed. Dekkers - Fraipont 1956: 78)

10,5. [...] Well, then, I see some amazing works, the daily acts of violence perpetrated by the Circumcellions under the leadership of bishops and presbyters, how their gangs roam around and call their terrifying cudgels Israels. These are things which the men and women who are alive now see and feel daily [...]

(trans. M. Boulding)

Discussion:

This sermon was probably delivered before the Conference of Carthage (411 AD).

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa

About the source:

Author: Augustine of Hippo
Title: The Exposition of the Psalms, Enarrationes in Psalmos
Origin: Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Augustine preached sermons on the Psalms at different places and moments of his career. The name of "Exposition of Psalms" was given to this collection only by Erasmus of Rotterdam in the 16th c.

Edition:

E. Dekkers, J. Fraipont eds., Sancti Aurelii Augustini Enarrationes in Psalmos I – L, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 38, Turnhout 1956.

Translation

Saint Augustine, Exposition of the Psalms 1-32, trans. M. Boulding, New York 2000.

Categories:

Religious grouping (other than Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian) - Donatist

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Relation with - Heretic/Schismatic

Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops

Conflict - Violence

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER814, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=814