Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 825
Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius (North Africa) mentions the topics touched on by the presbyters and bishops while preaching. Augustine, Sermon 137, AD 400/420.
Sermon 137
 
13. Fratres mei, numquid non ascendit aliquando aut presbyter aut episcopus, et non dicit aliud de superiore loco, nisi ne rapiantur res alienae, ne fraudes fiant, ne scelera admittantur? Non possunt dicere aliud, qui cathedram Moysi sedent, et ipsa de illis loquitur, non ipsi. [...]
 
(ed. Migne 1865: 761)
Sermon 137
 
13. My dear brothers and sisters, does a presbyter or a bishop ever go up and say anything else from this higher place in the pulpit, but not to grab other people's property, not to commit frauds, not to engage in crime? They can't say antyhing else, because they occupy the chair of Moses, and it is the chair speaking through them, not they themselves. [...]
 
(trans. E. Hill, slightly altered)
 
 

About the source:

Author: Augustine of Hippo
Title: Sermons, Sermones, Homilies
Origin: Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Copies of between 400 and 500 of Augustine`s sermons have survived to our times. Most of these 400-500 sermons were taken down by scribes as he preached without the use of a prepared script. They are a faithful stenographic record of what Augustine actually said, with probably no subsequent editing of them by himself.
They cover a wide range of topics. They are usually based on the Scripture passage read during the liturgy. The homilies on the Psalms and the Gospels have been preserved in separate collections.
Edition:
J. P. Migne ed., Sancti Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis episcopi opera omnia. Tomus quintus, pars prior, Patrologia Latina 38, Paris 1865.
Translation:
Saint Augustine, Sermons (94A-147A) on the Old Testament, trans. E. Hill, New York 1992.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
    Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops
      Pastoral activity - Preaching
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