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Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius (North Africa) cites a passage from the beginning of the Eucharistic Prayer, as recited by the bishops or presbyters. Augustine, Sermon 227, AD 412/417.
Sermon 227
 
[...] Quia Dei donum est sursum habere cor, ideo sequitur episcopus uel presbiter qui offert et dicit - cum responderit populus: "habemus ad dominum" sursum cor -: "gratias agamus domino deo nostro" quia sursum cor habemus.
 
(ed. Poque 1966: 239-240)
Sermon 227
 
[…] It's God's gift that you should have your heart above. That's why the bishop, or the presbyter who's offering, goes on to say, when the people have answered "We have lifted them up to the Lord", why he goes on to say," Let us give thanks to the Lord our God", because we have lifted up our hearts. [...]
 
(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:
S. Poque ed., Augustin d'Hippone. Sermons pour la Pâque, Sources Chrétiennes 116, Paris 1966.
 
Translation:
Saint Augustine, Sermons (184-229Z) on the Liturgical Seasons, trans. E. Hill, New York 1993.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
    Ritual activity - Eucharist
      Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops
        Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER828, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=828
        Record by: Stanisław Adamiak
        last edited: 2017-04-25 14:32:33
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