The Presbyters Project

Sermon 324

[...] Continuo tulit illum ad presbyteros, baptizatus est, sanctificatus est, unctus est, imposita est ei manus, completis omnibus sacramentis, assumptus est.

(ed. Migne 1865: 1447)

Sermon 324

[...] She took him straightaway to the presbyters, he was baptized, sanctified, anointed, hands were laid on him; when all the sacraments were completed, he was taken from her. [...]

(trans. E. Hill)

Discussion:

The relics of St Stephen arrived in Africa in AD 416 or shortly after.

The presbyters gave to the baby ''all the sacraments", but this expressions refers probably to what was actually performed: the baptism itself, the unction and the imposition of hands.

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa

City

Uzalis

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 (306-340A) on the Saints, trans. E. Hill, New York 1994.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Ritual activity - Baptism and instructing catechumens

Ritual activity - Anointment

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER835, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=835