Draft: Jerome of Stridon, a presbyter, writes to Pope Damasus, asking him to send the answer by the presbyter Evagrius. Jerome, Letter 15, AD 367/377.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
5. (...) And lest the obscurity of my present abode may baffle the bearers of your letter, I pray you to address it to Evagrius, the presbyter, with whom you are well acquainted. (...)
(trans. W.H. Fremantle, G. Lewis and W.G. Martley)
The large corpus of Jerome`s letters covers both great theological themes and personal issues. They are one of the most important sources for our knowledge of Christian life in the fourth to fifth century.
Edition:
Edition:
I. Hilberg ed., Sancti Eusebii Hieronymi Epistulae, Pars 3, Ep. 121-154, Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum 56, Vienna-Leipzig 1918.
A. Goldbacher ed., S. Augustini Hipponiensis Episcopi Epistulae, Pars 3, Ep. 124-184A, Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum 44, Vienna-Leipzig 1904.
Translation:
Translated by W.H. Fremantle, G. Lewis and W.G. Martley. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 6. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1893.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3001015.htm>.
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S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER2391, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2391
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