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APOCABATUR

APOCABATUR APOCABATUR by J.C.M. VAN WINDEN Augustine’s Sermo 319 belongs to a series of sermons on the ‘protomartyr’ Saint Stephen. These sermons were occasioned by the fact that relics of the saint had been rediscovered in Palestine and brought to Africa. Since around these relics many wonderful things were happening, a ‘hype’ of veneration of the saint arose in Northern Africa. In the present sermon Augustine’s main purpose is to warn the faithful against the idea that it was Stephen himself who was achieving these mir- acles. No, he argues, Stephen does these things in nomine Christi. Hoc enim salubriter scitis Stephanum sanctum fecisse miracula in nomine Christi. “It is salu- tary for you to know that Saint Stephen performed miracles in the name of Christ” (§1). It was in fact through the prayers ( orationes ) of Stephen that those wonderful benefits were obtained. Near the end of the sermon (§7) Augustine states as a kind of conclusion: Ille autem tamquam servus orat. “He, Stephen, prays as a servant (of Christ the master).” And then he refers to a happening told by “Saint John the Evangelist” in the Apocalypse. An angel spoke with him and told him a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

APOCABATUR

Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 56 (2): 165 – Jan 1, 2002

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Brill
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© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-6032
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1570-0720
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10.1163/15700720260190794
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Abstract

APOCABATUR by J.C.M. VAN WINDEN Augustine’s Sermo 319 belongs to a series of sermons on the ‘protomartyr’ Saint Stephen. These sermons were occasioned by the fact that relics of the saint had been rediscovered in Palestine and brought to Africa. Since around these relics many wonderful things were happening, a ‘hype’ of veneration of the saint arose in Northern Africa. In the present sermon Augustine’s main purpose is to warn the faithful against the idea that it was Stephen himself who was achieving these mir- acles. No, he argues, Stephen does these things in nomine Christi. Hoc enim salubriter scitis Stephanum sanctum fecisse miracula in nomine Christi. “It is salu- tary for you to know that Saint Stephen performed miracles in the name of Christ” (§1). It was in fact through the prayers ( orationes ) of Stephen that those wonderful benefits were obtained. Near the end of the sermon (§7) Augustine states as a kind of conclusion: Ille autem tamquam servus orat. “He, Stephen, prays as a servant (of Christ the master).” And then he refers to a happening told by “Saint John the Evangelist” in the Apocalypse. An angel spoke with him and told him a

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Published: Jan 1, 2002

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