Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius, is accused by the Donatist Petilian of having been a Manichaean presbyter. Augustine, "Against Petilianus", Book 3, 401/403 AD.
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Book 3
21. [...] Me etiam presbyterum fuisse Manicheorum uel falsus uel fallens mirabili temeritate contendat [...].
(ed. Petschenig 1909: 178)
Book 3
21. [...] Let him claim, either false himself, or the victim of some extraordinary rashness, that I was the presbyter of the Manichaeans. [...]
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Discussion:
In their polemics against Augustine the Donatists used also personal arguments.
Place of event:
Region
Latin North Africa
City
Carthage
About the source:
Author: Augustine of Hippo Title: Against Petilianus, Contra Litteras Petiliani, Contra Petilianum
Revisions Origin: Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Petilianus was a Donatist bishop of Constantina (Cirta) in Numidia at the end of the fourth and the beginning of the fifth century. He wrote a letter to his clergy, in which he provided them with arguments against the Catholics. Augustine responded to it gradually, when he was able to obtain copies of Petilianus`s work, and so he wrote the first book of his answer in 400, the second in 401, and the third between 401 and 403.
Edition:
M.Petschenig ed., Sancti Aureli Augustini Contra litteras Petiliani libri tres, Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum 52, Vienna-Leipzig 1909, 1-122.
Translation:
Saint Augustine, Answer to Petilian the Donatist, translated by J.R. King and revised by Chester D. Hartranft, Buffalo 1887; http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1409.htm.
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER908, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=908
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