E04542: Augustine of Hippo preaches in Latin a sermon on the feast of *John the Baptist (00020). Sermon 379, delivered sometime between 391 and 430, possibly in Hippo Regius (North Africa).
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 379
1. Sanctus Iohannes Baptista, cuius natiuitatis dies hodie celebratur, tam magnus exstitit inter homines ut Dominus Christus ei tale testimonium perhiberet dicens: in natis mulierum nemo surrexit maior Iohanne Baptista.
'The blessed John, whose birthday in being celebrated today, stood out as so great a man among men, that the Lord Christ bore this kind of witness to him, saying, "Among those born of women none has arisen greater than John the Baptist" (Mt 11:11).'
In what follows Augustine reflects upon the story of John the Baptist and presents his role as that of a witness of Christ who directs people to him.
Text: Lambot 1949, 62. Translation: Hill 1995, 355. Summary: Robert Wiśniewski.
Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Ecclesiastics - bishops
Source
It is impossible to determine the date on which this sermon was preached. Hippo, Augustine's episcopal see, is just a default location.
Bibliography
Text:
Lambot, C., "Sermons inédits de s. Augustin pour des fêtes de saints," Revue Bénédictine 59 (1949), 55-81.
Translation:
Hill, E., The Works of Saint Augustine. A Translation for the 21st Century, vol. III 9, Sermons 306-340A on the Saints (New York: New City Press, 1994).
Dating:
Kunzelmann, A., "Die Chronologie der sermones des hl. Augustinus," Miscellanea Agostiniana, vol. 2 (Rome: Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, 1931), 417-452.