Jerome comments on the presbyters and bishops administering penance. Jerome, "Commentary on Ecclesiastes", AD 388.
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Ad 12:4
Sequenti autem uersiculo, in eo quod ait: et consurget ad uocem uolucris, siue passeris, utemur in tempore, si quando uiderimus peccatorem ad uocem episcopi uel presbyteri per paenitentiam consurgentem.
(ed. Adriaen 1959)
Ad 12:4
But let us use the following verse, in which he says, "and he rises to the sound of a bird", (or of a sparrow), when we see a sinner who raises to the voice of the bishop or presbyter by penitence.
The passage refers probably to the rite of reconciliation itself, with a penitent raising from his knees to the command of the prebyter or a bishop; it may also refer to the priests' preaching exhorting to penance.
About the source:
Author: Jerome Title: Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Commentarius in Ecclesiasten Origin: Bethlehem (East) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Jerome (ca. 347 - 419) wrote his "Commentary on Ecclesiastes" already in Bethlehem, in AD 388.
Edition:
M. Adriaen ed., S. Hieronymi presbyteri opera, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 72, Turnhout 1959, 249-361.
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S. Adamiak, Presbyters
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