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E02929: Coptic Sermon On Individual Responsibility for Sin by Besa (abbot of the White Monastery near Sohag in Upper Egypt), claiming that the saints cannot do anything for sinners who do not repent, written in the late 5th century.
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posted on 2017-06-05, 00:00 authored by gschenkeBesa, Sermon, ed. Kuhn 36.2.4:
ⲏ ⲛⲁϣ ⲛϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲛⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲁ ⲉⲧⲛⲱϣ ⲛⲛⲉⲩϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲧⲉⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲙⲟⲥⲉ ⲛϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲩⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲣⲁ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲛⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲥⲟⲟϥ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲩⲥⲁⲁⲛϣ ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲕⲁⲕⲓⲁ ϩⲣⲁ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲛϣⲟϫⲛⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧϫⲁϩⲙ
‘Or how shall the spirits of the righteous and all the saints, whose words we read, repose with you, while the demons breed inside you and repose in your foul-minded thoughts, and nurture their wicked deeds through your machinations and your defiled mind?’
Ed. Kuhn 36.3.4:
ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲟⲕϩ ⲁⲛ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲛϩⲧⲏⲧⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁ ⲉϫⲱⲧⲛ ⲙⲙⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ ⲱ
ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ · ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲛⲛⲉⲗⲁⲁⲩ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϣⲛϩⲧⲏϥ ⲉϩⲣⲁ ⲉϫⲱⲧⲛ ⲙⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲁⲅⲕⲏ
‘But you are not troubled at heart concerning yourselves nor again do you have pity upon yourselves, O wretched ones, so that no one among all the saints will have pity upon you at the time of your need.’
Ed. Kuhn 36.4.2:
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϩⲛ ⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲧⲟⲛ · ⲉⲉ
ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲣⲱ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲕⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ
‘And if you will not find the saints to let you be with them in heaven, and if you will not find a resting-place, why then did you forsake them?’
Text and translation: Kuhn 1956, p. 76–77 and 121–122 (text), p. 115–117 (trans.), slightly modified.
ⲏ ⲛⲁϣ ⲛϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲛⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲁ ⲉⲧⲛⲱϣ ⲛⲛⲉⲩϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲧⲉⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲙⲟⲥⲉ ⲛϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲩⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲣⲁ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲛⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲥⲟⲟϥ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲩⲥⲁⲁⲛϣ ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲕⲁⲕⲓⲁ ϩⲣⲁ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲛϣⲟϫⲛⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧϫⲁϩⲙ
‘Or how shall the spirits of the righteous and all the saints, whose words we read, repose with you, while the demons breed inside you and repose in your foul-minded thoughts, and nurture their wicked deeds through your machinations and your defiled mind?’
Ed. Kuhn 36.3.4:
ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲟⲕϩ ⲁⲛ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲛϩⲧⲏⲧⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁ ⲉϫⲱⲧⲛ ⲙⲙⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ ⲱ
ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ · ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲛⲛⲉⲗⲁⲁⲩ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϣⲛϩⲧⲏϥ ⲉϩⲣⲁ ⲉϫⲱⲧⲛ ⲙⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲁⲅⲕⲏ
‘But you are not troubled at heart concerning yourselves nor again do you have pity upon yourselves, O wretched ones, so that no one among all the saints will have pity upon you at the time of your need.’
Ed. Kuhn 36.4.2:
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϩⲛ ⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲧⲟⲛ · ⲉⲉ
ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲣⲱ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲕⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ
‘And if you will not find the saints to let you be with them in heaven, and if you will not find a resting-place, why then did you forsake them?’
Text and translation: Kuhn 1956, p. 76–77 and 121–122 (text), p. 115–117 (trans.), slightly modified.
History
Evidence ID
E02929Saint Name
Unnamed saints (or name lost) : S00518Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Parchment codex Literary - Sermons/HomiliesLanguage
- Coptic
Evidence not before
465Evidence not after
899Activity not before
465Activity not after
500Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
SohagPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Sohag Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisMajor author/Major anonymous work
BesaCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Sermon/homily