Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius (North Africa) says that he can accept in gift only such clothes as can be worn also by presbyters, deacons, and subdeacons, because he accepts them for the common store. Sermon 356, AD 426.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Sermon 356
13. [...] Talem debeo habere, qualem possim, si non habuerit, fratri meo dare. Qualem potest habere presbyter, qualem potest habere decenter diaconus et subdiaconus, talem uolo accipere: quia in commune accipio. [...]
(ed. Lambot 1950: 141)
Sermon 356
13. [...] I should have the sort of clothes that I can give to my brother, if he hasn't got some. Clothes such as a presbyter can wear, such as a deacon and subdeacon can suitably wear, these are the ones I am willing to accept, because I am accepting them for the common store. [...]
(trans. E. Hill, slightly altered)
Discussion:
Sermons 355 and 356 were delivered by Augustine in AD 425/426 (Sermon 356 after Epiphany AD 426) when it turned out that some of the clerics of the monastery of Hippo had retained some private property. For the context, see [843].
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:
C. Lambot ed., Sancti Aurelii Augustini Sermones selecti duodeviginti, Stromata Patristica et Mediaevalia 1, Utrecht - Brussels 1950.
Translation:
Saint Augustine, Sermons (341-400) on Various Subjects, trans. E. Hill, New York 1995.
Categories:
Food/Clothes/Housing - Clothes
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Monastic or common life - Clerical community
Economic status and activity - Gift
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER870, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=870
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