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E02849: A Coptic Discourse of Shenoute (abbot of the White Monastery near Sohag in Upper Egypt) referring to the saints as allies of those without sin; written in the 5th century.
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posted on 2017-05-26, 00:00 authored by gschenkeIn his discourse entitled The idolatrous pagans, or, And we will also reveal something else (discourses 8, work 9 or 10), Shenoute mentions that the saints pay attention to peoples' lives, and serve as their allies or enemies.
‘Why have we been content with violent acts, in all of which we violate only ourselves? Let us not make ourselves strangers to God and his Christ on account of merriment and deceitful amusement and impiety, and let us not be enemies to his saints. We know that if God turns his face from us no one will pay attention to us in our life and when we go to him.’
Translation: Brakke and Crislip 2017, 121.
A critical edition of the Coptic text still pending.
‘Why have we been content with violent acts, in all of which we violate only ourselves? Let us not make ourselves strangers to God and his Christ on account of merriment and deceitful amusement and impiety, and let us not be enemies to his saints. We know that if God turns his face from us no one will pay attention to us in our life and when we go to him.’
Translation: Brakke and Crislip 2017, 121.
A critical edition of the Coptic text still pending.
History
Evidence ID
E02849Saint Name
Unnamed saints (or name lost) : S00518Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Sermons/HomiliesLanguage
- Coptic
Evidence not before
370Evidence not after
465Activity not before
370Activity not after
900Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
PanopolisPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Panopolis Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisMajor author/Major anonymous work
Shenoute of AtripeCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Sermon/homily
