Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 2418
DRAFT The presbyter Lucidus writes a letter to the bishops who attended the council of Arles in 472 at which he was condemned for his views on predestination. Letter 2 in the collection of letters of Faustus of Riez, after 472.
Exemplar epistulae Lucidi presbyteri
 
Dominis beatissimis et in Christo reuerentissimis patribus Eufronio, Leontio, Fonteio, Uiuentio, Mamerto, Patienti, Ueriano, Auxanio, Fausto, Paulo, Megethio, Graeco, Eutropio, Leontio, Claudio, Marcello, Croco, Basilio, Claudio, Ursicino, Praetextato, Pragmatio, Theoplasto, Leucadio, Uiuentio, Iuliano, Amicali, Ioanni, Opilioni et Licinio episcopis Lucidus presbyter
 
Correptio uestra salus publica et sententia uestra medicina est. unde et ego summum remedium duco, ut praeteritos errores accusando excusem et salutifera professione me diluam. Proinde iuxta praedicandi recentia statuta concilii damno uobiscum sensum illum, qui dicit laborem humanae oboedientiae diuinae gratiae non esse iungendum ...
 
Here follows the further sentences that Lucidus condemns. After that he defines his faith in positive terms:
 
 

Place of event:

Region
  • Gaul
City
  • Arles

About the source:

Author: Lucidus
Title: Epistula, Epistulae, Letter 2, Epistula 2, Letters

Categories:

Writing activity - Correspondence
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Ecclesiastical administration - Participation in councils and ecclesiastical courts
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Education - Theological interest
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2418, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2418