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E04537: In his Sermon 375B, preached in Latin in Hippo Regius (North Africa) on Easter of an unknown year between 397 and 430, Augustine, the bishop of this city, refers for the sake of theological argument to the martyrs, and mentions *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) and Phokas, either *Phokas, martyr of Sinope (S00052) or *Phokas, martyr of Antioch (S00413).
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posted on 2017-12-30, 00:00 authored by robertAugustine of Hippo, Sermon 375B
Ut autem similitudinem demus, unde celerius quod dicimus aduertatis, sicut uerbi gratia, quando Stephanus martyr, et Focas uel aliquis alius passus est et occisus et sepultus, caro eorum sola occisa et sepulta est, animae autem eorum neque occidi neque sepeliri potuere, et tamen rectissime dicimus, mortuus est Stephanus, uel Focas, uel quicumque alius pro nomine Christi, ita, quando passus et occisus et sepultus est Dei unigenitus, caro utique eius sola occisa et sepulta est: anima autem, et multo magis diuinitas eius occidi non potuit.
'But let us provide a comparison, from which you may grasp more quickly what I am saying; for example, when the martyr Stephen, or Phocas, or any other suffered and was killed and buried, it was their flesh alone that was killed and buried, while their souls could be neither killed nor buried; and yet we are quite right is saying, "Stephen or Phocas or anybody else died for the name of Christ." In the same way, when the only-begotten Son of God suffered and was killed and buried, it was of course only his flesh; but his soul, and much more his divinity, could not be killed.'
Text: Lambot 1930, 27. Translation: Hill 1995, 335.
Ut autem similitudinem demus, unde celerius quod dicimus aduertatis, sicut uerbi gratia, quando Stephanus martyr, et Focas uel aliquis alius passus est et occisus et sepultus, caro eorum sola occisa et sepulta est, animae autem eorum neque occidi neque sepeliri potuere, et tamen rectissime dicimus, mortuus est Stephanus, uel Focas, uel quicumque alius pro nomine Christi, ita, quando passus et occisus et sepultus est Dei unigenitus, caro utique eius sola occisa et sepulta est: anima autem, et multo magis diuinitas eius occidi non potuit.
'But let us provide a comparison, from which you may grasp more quickly what I am saying; for example, when the martyr Stephen, or Phocas, or any other suffered and was killed and buried, it was their flesh alone that was killed and buried, while their souls could be neither killed nor buried; and yet we are quite right is saying, "Stephen or Phocas or anybody else died for the name of Christ." In the same way, when the only-begotten Son of God suffered and was killed and buried, it was of course only his flesh; but his soul, and much more his divinity, could not be killed.'
Text: Lambot 1930, 27. Translation: Hill 1995, 335.
History
Evidence ID
E04537Saint Name
Phokas, martyr of Antioch : S00413 Phokas, martyr of Sinope : S00052 Stephen, the First Martyr : S00030Saint Name in Source
Focas Focas StephanusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Sermons/HomiliesLanguage
- Latin