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E01988: Augustine of Hippo, in his Latin sermon mentions unspecified healing miracles, produced daily at the memorial shrine of a martyr, most probably *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030). Sermon 61A, preached in an unknown city in North Africa, in the 420s.
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posted on 2016-11-04, 00:00 authored by robertAugustine of Hippo, Sermon 61A
5. ... Propter hoc admoneo primitus caritatem uestram, quoniam scio, et omnes scimus et dissimulare non possumus: feriunt enim oculos et nolentium, quae hic cotidie fiunt miracula sanitatum per memoriam beatissimi et gloriosissimi martyris praesentis in hoc loco: sed sine dubio aliqui petunt et non accipiunt.
'5. ... This is why I admonish Your Charity, for I know, and we all know and cannot hide it. Even the eyes of those who do not want it are stricken, because here, through the memorial shrine (memoria) of the most blessed and glorious martyr daily miraculous healings are wrought in this place. Yet other seek them too, and do not receive.'
There follow reflections on why not everybody is healed at the saint's shrine, in which Augustine emphasises that the most important healing is spiritual, not somatic.
Text: Lambot 1969, 181. Translation and summary: Robert Wiśniewski.
5. ... Propter hoc admoneo primitus caritatem uestram, quoniam scio, et omnes scimus et dissimulare non possumus: feriunt enim oculos et nolentium, quae hic cotidie fiunt miracula sanitatum per memoriam beatissimi et gloriosissimi martyris praesentis in hoc loco: sed sine dubio aliqui petunt et non accipiunt.
'5. ... This is why I admonish Your Charity, for I know, and we all know and cannot hide it. Even the eyes of those who do not want it are stricken, because here, through the memorial shrine (memoria) of the most blessed and glorious martyr daily miraculous healings are wrought in this place. Yet other seek them too, and do not receive.'
There follow reflections on why not everybody is healed at the saint's shrine, in which Augustine emphasises that the most important healing is spiritual, not somatic.
Text: Lambot 1969, 181. Translation and summary: Robert Wiśniewski.
History
Evidence ID
E01988Saint Name
Stephen, the First Martyr : S00030Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Sermons/HomiliesLanguage
- Latin
Evidence not before
400Evidence not after
430Activity not before
400Activity not after
430Place of Evidence - Region
Latin North AfricaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Carthage Carthago Karthago قرطاج Qarṭāj Mçidfa CarthageMajor author/Major anonymous work
Augustine of HippoCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Sermon/homily