A Donatist presbyter gives to a certain Constantinus a Donatist pamphlet about baptism. Augustine, "On the Only Baptism", AD 410/411.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
1. Proinde sermonem de unico baptismo ab eis conpositum, a quibus baptismus iteratur, quem mihi, cum in rure simul essemus, a nescio quo donatistarum presbytero acceptum dedisti [...].
(ed. Petschenig 1910: 3)
1. When we were together in the countryside, you [Constantinus] gave me the book "On the Only Baptism", written by those who repeat baptism, and given to you by a Donatist presbyter [...].
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Discussion:
We have no further information about Constantinus; he is adressed by Augustine as "brother".
Place of event:
Region
Latin North Africa
City
Hippo Regius
About the source:
Author: Augustine of Hippo Title: On the Only Baptism, De Unico Baptismo Origin: Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
In late 410 or early 411 Augustine responded to a Donatist pamphlet claiming, in a simple but convincing way, that there was only one valid baptism, and that it was the Donatist one.
Edition:
M. Petschenig ed., Sancti Aureli Augustini Liber de Unico Baptismo, Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum 53, Vienna-Lepizig 1910, 1-34.
Categories:
Religious grouping (other than Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian) - Donatist
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER926, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=926
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