Shenoute, abbot of the White Monastery near Sohag in Upper Egypt (ob. c. 465), in a Coptic Discourse refers to the saints as judges by their own standards; written in the 5th century.
Evidence ID
E02851
Type of Evidence
Literary - Sermons/Homilies
Major author/Major anonymous work
Shenoute of Atripe
In his discourse referred to as 'A26', of which the title and beginning are lacking, Shenoute mentions that the saints will judge by their own very high standards on hospitality, justice, and righteousness.
‘But it is our evil desires of the heart that prevent us from following the pattern of the saints in their hospitality to strangers and all their works of justice and righteousness, which are pure of every abuse and evil, so that we might be worthy of life with them on that day if we escape their condemnation, for according to what is written, “the saints are those who will judge the world.”’
Translation: Brakke and Crislip 2017, 235.
A critical edition of the Coptic text is still pending.
Liturgical Activities
Sermon/homily
Theorising on SanctityConsiderations about the veneration of saints
Source
Shenoute’s entire literary corpus, preserved in medieval manuscripts only, almost exclusively comes from a single find spot, a storeroom of the church at his ‘White’ monastery. A critical edition of this entire corpus of Shenoute's written work is still in preparation by S. Emmel and others.Bibliography
Translation and Discussion:D. Brakke and A. Crislip, Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great, Community, Theology, and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt, Cambridge University Press 2017, 212–265.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
26/5/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | Certain |
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