Augustine of Hippo gives a reminder that bishops and presbyters offer the Eucharist to God, and not to the saints. Augustine, Sermon 273, 399 AD.
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Sermon 273
7. [...] Quando audistis dici apud memoriam sancti Theogenis, a me, uel ab aliquo fratre et collega meo, uel aliquo presbytero: offero tibi, sancte Theogenis? [...]
(ed. Migne 1865: 1251)
Sermon 273
7. [...] When have you ever heard that here, at the martyrium of Saint Theogenes, I, or some of my brothers and colleagues, or some presbyter, says: "I offer to you, St Theogenes". [...]
(trans. S. Adamiak)
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.
Categories:
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Ritual activity - Eucharist
Ritual activity - Presiding at prayer
Devotion - Veneration of saints and relics
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER834, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=834
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