The Presbyters Project

Sermon 223

2. Neque miremini multitudinem christianorum malorum, qui ecclesiam implent, qui ad altare communicant, qui episcopum, uel presbyterum de bonis moribus disputantem magnis uocibus laudant [...].

(ed. Migne 1865: 1092)

Sermon 223

2. Don't be surprised, either, at how many bad Christians there are, who fill the church, who communicate at the altar, who loudly praise the bishop or the presbyter when he preaches about good morals [...].

(trans. E. Hill, slighltly altered)

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa

City

Hippo Regius

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 (184-229Z) on the Liturgical Seasons, trans. E. Hill, New York 1993.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops

Pastoral activity - Preaching

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER827, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=827