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Sermon 162C (Dolbeau 10)

8. [...] Cum enim haec quaestio multos exagitaret, multos perturbaret, conuentum est ad Hierosolymam, congregatisque omnibus apostolis atque senioribus ecclesiae, hoc est presbyteris et quibusque praedicatoribus euangelii et praepositis ecclesiarum, communi

concilio, inspirante utique domino, constitutum est ut neque Iudaei ab istis prohiberentur, neque ad ista gentes cogerentur. [...]

(Dolbeau 1992: 57)

Sermon 162C (Dolbeau 10)

8. [...] When this issue, you see, was agitating many people, troubling many people, a meeting was held in Jerusalem, and when all the apostles had assembled and the elders of the Church, that is the presbyters and the preachers of the gospel and those in charge of Churches, it was enacted by common consent, under the Lord’s inspiration of course, that these things were neither to be forbidden to the Jews nor forced on the Gentiles. [...]

(trans. E. Hill 1997: 172)

Place of event:

Region

East
Latin North Africa

City

Jerusalem
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:

F. Dolbeau ed., Sermons inédits de Saint Augustin prêchés en 397 (2ème série), Revue Bénédictine 102 (1992) 52-74.

Translation:

Saint Augustine, Newly Discovered Sermons, trans. E. Hill, New York 1997.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Theoretical considerations - On priesthood

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER879, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=879