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E04447: Augustine of Hippo preaches in Latin a sermon on the martyrs, emphasising that they did not care about the integrity of their bodies after death. Sermon 335F, delivered on an unspecified date between AD 391 and 430, somewhere in North Africa.
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posted on 2017-12-10, 00:00 authored by robertAugustine of Hippo, Sermon 335F
[De martyribus
'On some martyrs']
Sed quid de martyribus dicamus? Quanta illis securitas data est ut non curarent etiam de diuisione membrorum suorum? Curam gerit de numero capillorum et non gerit curam in resurrectione de integritate membrorum?
'But what are we to say about the martyrs? What a great assurance was given them, so they shouldn't worry even about the cutting of their limbs! He takes care about the number of their hairs, and takes no care in the resurrection about the integrity of their limbs?'
In what follows Augustine reflects generally on the martyrs and their readiness for death and does not refer to any specific personage or form of the cult.
Text: Patrologiae Latinae Supplementum 2, 802. Translation: Hill 1994, 240. Summary: Robert Wiśniewski.
[De martyribus
'On some martyrs']
Sed quid de martyribus dicamus? Quanta illis securitas data est ut non curarent etiam de diuisione membrorum suorum? Curam gerit de numero capillorum et non gerit curam in resurrectione de integritate membrorum?
'But what are we to say about the martyrs? What a great assurance was given them, so they shouldn't worry even about the cutting of their limbs! He takes care about the number of their hairs, and takes no care in the resurrection about the integrity of their limbs?'
In what follows Augustine reflects generally on the martyrs and their readiness for death and does not refer to any specific personage or form of the cult.
Text: Patrologiae Latinae Supplementum 2, 802. Translation: Hill 1994, 240. Summary: Robert Wiśniewski.
History
Evidence ID
E04447Saint Name
Martyrs, unnamed or name lost : S00060Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Sermons/HomiliesLanguage
LatinEvidence not before
391Evidence not after
430Activity not before
391Activity not after
430Place of Evidence - Region
Latin North AfricaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Carthage Carthago Karthago قرطاج Qarṭāj Mçidfa CarthageMajor author/Major anonymous work
Augustine of HippoCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Sermon/homily
Cult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast