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1. Gloriosissimis imperatoribus Honorio duodecimo et Theodosio octauo consulibus duodecimo Kalendas octobres Caesareae in ecclesia maiore cum Deuterius episcopus metropolitanus Caesariensis una cum Alypio Tagastensi, Augustino Hipponiensi, Possidio Calamensi, Rustico Cartenitano, Palladio Tigabitano et ceteris episcopis in exedram processissent praesentibus presbyteris et diaconibus et uniuerso clero ac frequentissima plebe, adesset etiam Emeritus partis Donati episcopus, Augustinus episcopus ecclesiae catholicae dixit: [...]

(ed. Petschenig 1910: 181)

1. When our most glorious emperors were the consuls, Honorius for the twelfth time, and Theodosius for the eighth time, on the twelfth day before the Kalends of October, in Caesarea, in the major church, when Deuterius, the metropolitan bishop of Caesarea, Alypius of Thagaste, Augustine of Hippo, Possidius of Calama, Rusticus of Cartenna, Paladius of Thiabe and other bishops came in procession to the exedra, in the presence of the presbyters, deacons, the entire clergy and great many people, in the presence also of Emeritus, the bishop of the party of Donatus, Augustine, the bishop of the Catholic Church said: [...]

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa

City

Caesarea

About the source:

Author: Augustine of Hippo
Title: Gesta cum Emerito
Origin: Caesarea (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

In AD 418 Augustine travelled to Caesarea in Mauretania, when he preached against the Donatists. He tried to have a disputation the Donatist bishop of the city, Emeritus, who, however, declined to answer the challenge.

Edition:

M. Petschenig ed., Sancti Aureli Augustini Gesta cum Emerito Donatistarum Episcopo, Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum 53, Vienna-Lepizig 1910, 181-196.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

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