Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius (North Africa), describes the views of the Aerians, the followers of the Presbyter Aerius of Pontus in the 4th c., who taught that the presbyters were equal to bishops. Augustine, "De haeresibus", 428/430 AD.
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53. Aeriani ab Aerio quodam sunt qui, cum esset presbyter, doluisse fertur quod episcopus non potuit ordinari; et in Arianorum haeresim lapsus propria quoque dogmata addidisse nonnulla [...] dicebat etiam presbyterum ab episcopo nulla differentia debere discerni.
(ed. R. Vander Plaetse, C. Beukers 1969: 323-324)
53. The Aerians are named after a certain Aerius. He was a presbyter, but he is said to have been deeply hurt, because he could not be ordained a bishop. He fell into the Arian heresy and also added some teachings of his own. […] He also said that a presbyter should not be distinguished from a bishop in any respect.
(trans. R. Teske, slightly altered)
Place of event:
Region
East
About the source:
Author: Augustine of Hippo Title: Heresies, De haeresibus Origin: Hippo Regius (Latin North Africa) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Augustine wrote this catalogue of 88 heresies with their descriptions, answering to the repeated pleas by the deacon of Carthage, Quodvultdeus, between 428 and 430 AD. The book is largely based on the works of Epiphanius of Salmina and Filastrius of Brescia.
Edition:
R. Vander Plaetse, C. Beukers edd., Sancti Aurelii Augustini De haeresibus, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 46, Turnhout 1969, 286-351.
Translation:
Saint Augustine, Heresies, in: Arianism and Other Heresies, tr. R. Teske, New York 1994, 31-60.
Categories:
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Episcopal ambitions
Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER894, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=894
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