{"slug":"tmp1055.tmp1055.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp1055.tmp1055.opp-lat1","title":"Anathematismi Et Fidei Catholicae Professio","title_source":"Anathematismi Et Fidei Catholicae Professio","author":"Prosperus Conversus / Prosper Ex Manichaeo Conversus","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T06:26:02Z","cost_usd":0.006094},"source":{"registry_id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp1055.tmp1055.opp-lat1","work_id":"tmp1055.tmp1055.opp-lat1","edition":"ogl-pl","language":"","license":"Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp1055/tmp1055/tmp1055.tmp1055.opp-lat1.xml"},"stats":{"passages":13,"english_words":2684,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":10617,"commentary_units":72,"commentary_kinds":10,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":20,"work_notes":5,"external_links":4,"timeline":5},"summary":{"work":"tmp1055.tmp1055.opp-lat1","abstract":"The Anathematismi et Fidei Catholicae Professio is a Latin profession of faith and set of anathemas against Manichaean doctrines, composed by a convert from Manichaeism named Prosper. The work survives in a single manuscript tradition within the Patrologia Latina, with no known early medieval copies. It belongs to the genre of anti-heretical doctrinal statements and was used in later patristic collections as a witness to anti-Manichaean polemic, though it did not achieve wide liturgical or canonical authority. The text likely dates to the 5th century, based on internal references to Manichaean controversies and Prosper's known period of activity. The edition lacks a critical apparatus, and the Latin text may contain scribal errors or interpolations.","historical_context":"The work is attributed to Prosper, a convert from Manichaeism active in the 5th century, likely in the Latin-speaking western Roman Empire. Manichaeism, founded by Mani in the 3rd century, posited two coeternal principles of light and darkness, whose mixture trapped divine light in the material world. The text reflects the intense anti-Manichaean polemic of the 4th–5th centuries, particularly in North Africa and Italy, where Augustine of Hippo wrote extensively against the sect. The anathematisms were designed to be read aloud and subscribed by suspected Manichaeans, imposing excommunication on those who held condemned propositions. The work survives only in a single manuscript tradition edited by J.-P. Migne in the Patrologia Latina, with no known early medieval copies, suggesting limited transmission. The text may have been used in later patristic collections but did not achieve wide authority. The Latin text shows variants, such as between 'fructuum' and 'fruticum', indicating scribal uncertainty.","significance":"The Anathematismi et Fidei Catholicae Professio is significant as a direct witness to the doctrinal formulas used to combat Manichaeism in the 5th century. It provides insight into the specific beliefs targeted by orthodox Christians and the ritual of subscription to anathemas. The work relates to Augustine's anti-Manichaean writings and later patristic collections, though its limited transmission suggests it was not as influential as other anti-heretical texts.","timeline":[{"date":"3rd c.","event":"Mani founds Manichaeism in Persia."},{"date":"4th–5th c.","event":"Manichaeism spreads in the Roman Empire, prompting Christian polemics."},{"date":"5th c.","event":"Prosper, a convert from Manichaeism, composes the Anathematismi et Fidei Catholicae Professio."},{"date":"5th c.","event":"Augustine of Hippo writes anti-Manichaean works, influencing later polemic."},{"date":"19th c.","event":"J.-P. Migne edits the text in the Patrologia Latina, preserving it in a single manuscript tradition."}],"relations":[{"work":"Contra Faustum Manichaeum","relation":"Augustine's work against Manichaeism, similar in target and genre","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"De duabus animabus","relation":"Augustine's treatise on the Manichaean doctrine of two souls","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Acta Archelai","relation":"A 4th-century anti-Manichaean dialogue, earlier in the same tradition","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Patrologia Latina","relation":"The collection in which the text survives, edited by Migne","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Manichaean Psalm-Book","relation":"A Manichaean liturgical text, representing the opposing tradition","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:Manichaeism","label":"Manichaeism","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism","reason":"Provides background on the religion targeted by the anathemas."},{"key":"wikipedia:Augustine of Hippo","label":"Augustine of Hippo","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo","reason":"Key figure in anti-Manichaean polemic, contemporary to Prosper."},{"key":"wikipedia:Patrologia Latina","label":"Patrologia Latina","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrologia_Latina","reason":"The collection in which the text is preserved."},{"key":"wikipedia:Prosper of Aquitaine","label":"Prosper of Aquitaine","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_of_Aquitaine","reason":"Possible identification of the author, though uncertain."}],"cautions":["The date of the work is uncertain; it is placed in the 5th century based on internal references and Prosper's activity, but no precise date is known.","The attribution to Prosper is traditional but not definitively established; the author may be a different Prosper or a later compiler.","The text survives in a single manuscript tradition, with no known early medieval copies, limiting the ability to verify its original form.","The edition lacks a critical apparatus, and the Latin text may contain scribal errors or interpolations not identified."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000526,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:26:01Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp1055/tmp1055/tmp1055.tmp1055.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp1055.tmp1055.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":13,"translated":13,"commentary_passages":13,"commentary_units":72,"english_words":2684,"source_letters":10531,"commentary_kinds":10},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is a profession of faith and a set of anathemas against Manichaean doctrines, composed by a convert from Manichaeism. 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That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 13 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":13},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"EODEM TEMPORE. PROSPER EX MANICHÆO CONVERSUS.\n\nPROSPERI ANATHEMATISMI ET FIDE! CATHOLIC޺Æ PROFESSIO.\n\nCAPITULA SANCTI AUGUSTINI QUÆ DEBEANT PUBLICA VOCE RELEGERE ET MANU PROPRIA SUBSCRIBERE IN QUIBUS SUSPICIO EST QUOD MANICHÆI SINT.\n\nI. Qui credit duas esse naturas ingenitas diversis principiis existentes, unam bonam, quod est Deus, alteram malam, quam non creavit Deus, sibi invicem adversantes, anathema sit (In codice Gervasiano habentem principes suos, et mala sua quæ non ereavit Deus, anath. sit).\n\nII. Qui credit duas naturas bellum inter se gcssisse: et partem naturæ Dei in eodem bello principibus tenebrarum, et omnibus gentibus ad malam naturam pertinentibus fuisse permixtam et ab eis 'teneri colligatam, oppressam, inquinatam, per quod rt credi facit Dei naturam esse mutabilem et coinquinabilem, anathema sit.\n\nIII. Qui credit partem Dei ligatam et inquinatam teneri in dæmonibus, et in omnibus animalibus, fructuumque (fruticumquc) generibus, et per escas Ma nichæorum electorum solvi atque purgari; ut credatur pars Dei polluta teneri in cucumeribus, in melonibus, et radiculis, et porris, et quibuscunque vilissimis herbulis (herhis), et ei subveniri, cum ab eleetis Manichaeorum ista eduntur, anathema sit.","english":"At the same time. Prosper, converted from the Manichaeans.\n\nThe Anathematisms and Profession of the Catholic Faith of Prosper.\n\nThe chapters of Saint Augustine which ought to be read aloud in a public voice and subscribed by one's own hand, concerning those of whom there is suspicion that they are Manichaeans.\n\nI. Whoever believes that there are two unbegotten natures existing from different principles, one good, which is God, and the other evil, which God did not create, mutually opposing each other, let him be anathema. (In the codex of Gervasius, reading: \"having their own princes, and their own evils which God did not create, let him be anathema.\")\n\nII. Whoever believes that two natures waged war among themselves, and that a part of the nature of God in that same war was mixed with the princes of darkness and with all races belonging to the evil nature, and is held bound, oppressed, and polluted by them, through which he also makes it believed that the nature of God is mutable and capable of being polluted, let him be anathema.\n\nIII. Whoever believes that a part of God is held bound and polluted in demons, and in all kinds of animals and fruits (or shrubs), and is released and purified through the foods of the Manichaean elect, so that it is believed that a polluted part of God is held in cucumbers, in melons, and in radishes, and in leeks, and in whatever most worthless little plants (or herbs), and that it is assisted when these are eaten by the Manichaean elect, let him be anathema.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"CAPITULA SANCTI AUGUSTINI","severity":"info","text":"The heading identifies the following anathematisms as chapters of Augustine, to be read aloud and subscribed by suspected Manichaeans.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Manichaei","severity":"info","text":"Manichaeism posited two coeternal principles, one good (light) and one evil (darkness), whose mixture in the material world trapped divine light; the elect's meals were thought to release it.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"anathema sit","severity":"info","text":"The formula 'anathema sit' imposes excommunication; each clause ends with it, marking the condemned proposition as heretical.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"In codice Gervasiano","severity":"info","text":"The parenthetical note refers to a variant in the codex of Gervasius, indicating textual fluidity in the transmission of these anathematisms.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"fructuumque (fruticumque) generibus","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text shows a variant between 'fructuum' (fruits) and 'fruticum' (shrubs), reflecting scribal uncertainty in the manuscript tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"duas esse naturas ingenitas","severity":"info","text":"This anathematism directly counters the Manichaean doctrine of two unbegotten principles, a standard target in anti-Manichaean literature from Augustine onward.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Prosper ex Manichaeo conversus' is uncertain; he may be distinct from Prosper of Aquitaine.","The phrase 'EODEM TEMPORE' lacks a clear temporal anchor in the manuscript context."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"IV. Qui credit hominem primum (qui est appellatus Adam) non a Deo factum, sed a principibus tenebrarum genitum, ut pars Dei, quæ in eorum niemhris captiva tenebatur, copiosius et abundantius in eo teneretur, anathema sit.\n\nV. Qui credit eo modo creatum hominem, quod masculi et feminæ principes tenebrarum concubuissent, et lectio suos majori principi tenebrarum dedissent, et ille omnes comedisset, et cum sua conjuge concubuisset, atque ita ex illa Atlantem quem blasphemant patrem Adæ generasset, ligans in illo magnam partem Dei, quæ ligata fuerat in omnibus fetibus principum tenebrarum, quos ei manducandos dederunt, anathema sit.\n\nVI. Qui credit principes tenebrarum ligatos esse In cœlo velut sphæra, habentes in se colligatam in angustiis atque angoribus vitalem substantiam, hoc est partem Dei, et modo liberari de membris eorum, cum beatus pater, qui lucidas naves habet diversoria et habitacula, id est solem et lunam, virtutes suas transfigurat in feminas pulchras, quas opponit concupiscendas masculis principum tenebrarum; et in masculos pulchros, quos opponit concupiscendos feminis principum tenebrarum, ut per ipsam concupiscentiam solvatur ex eis vitalis substantia, id est pars Dei, et ex eorum membris liberata purgetur, anatbema sit.","english":"IV. Whoever believes that the first man (who is called Adam) was not made by God, but was born from the princes of darkness, so that the part of God which was held captive in their members might be held more copiously and abundantly in him, let him be anathema.\n\nV. Whoever believes that man was created in such a way that the male and female princes of darkness had intercourse, and gave their offspring to the greater prince of darkness, and that he devoured them all, and had intercourse with his own wife, and thus from her begat Atlas, whom they blasphemously call the father of Adam, binding in him the great part of God which had been bound in all the offspring of the princes of darkness that they gave him to devour, let him be anathema.\n\nVI. Whoever believes that the princes of darkness are bound in the heaven like a sphere, having within themselves the vital substance (that is, the part of God) bound up in straits and anguish, and that it is freed from their members when the blessed father, who has the shining ships as resting places and habitations (that is, the sun and moon), transforms his powers into beautiful women, whom he sets before the male princes of darkness to be desired, and into beautiful men, whom he sets before the female princes of darkness to be desired, so that through that very desire the vital substance (that is, the part of God) is released from them and, freed from their members, is purified, let him be anathema.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"These anathematisms target Manichaean cosmogony, in which the 'princes of darkness' (principes tenebrarum) are coeternal evil powers. The myth of Adam's origin from their offspring and the capture of divine light is a standard Manichaean teaching.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"vitalis substantia","severity":"info","text":"Vitalis substantia ('vital substance') is a Latin rendering of the Manichaean concept of the divine light or soul imprisoned in matter. The phrase pars Dei ('part of God') is used synonymously in these canons.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Atlantem","severity":"info","text":"Atlas (Atlantem) appears in Manichaean myth as a giant who supports the world, here blasphemously called the father of Adam. This figure is distinct from the Greek Titan and reflects a syncretic borrowing.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"lucidas naves","severity":"info","text":"The 'shining ships' (lucidas naves) refer to the Manichaean 'ships of light,' i.e., the sun and moon, which are vehicles for the release of divine light from matter. The 'blessed father' is the Father of Greatness, the supreme deity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Each canon follows a fixed pattern: a conditional clause describing a Manichaean belief, introduced by Qui credit, and concluding with the formula anathema sit. This structure is typical of conciliar and anti-heretical canons.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is a translation from a lost Greek or Syriac original; the precise wording of the Manichaean myth may be mediated by Augustine's reports. The identity of 'Atlantem' as a Manichaean figure is not independently attested outside anti-Manichaean sources."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"VII. Qui credit partem Dei, quæ de admixtione (commixtione) gentis tenebrarum non potuerit liberari atque purgari, damnari eam, et in æternum affigi (aftici) horribili globo, in quo globo includitur gens tenebrarum, anathema sit.\n\nVIII. Qui credit legem quæ data est per Moysem non esse a bono et vero fleo datam, et (nec) Spiritu Dei boni et veri locutos prophetas qui fuerunt in populo Israel; et in canone Scripturarum divinarum habentur apud catholicam Ecclesiam, anathema sit.\n\nIX. Qui credit non habuisse veram carnem Filium Dei Jesum Christum, neque ex semine David natum esse de virgine Maria, neque verum corpus habuisse, nec veram carne mortem fuisse, perpessum, et a mortuis resurrexisse, sed tantummodo spiritum fuisse (sine carne), sic autem in carne apparere voluisse, ut et caro putaretur quae non erat; atque hoc modo contradicit Evangelio, Domino ipso dicente: Videte manus meas et pedes meos: palpate et videte, quia spiritus ossa et carnem non habet, sicut me videIi. habere (Luc, XXIV). Qui ergo sic confitetur Christum Deum verum, ut integrum etiam hominem neget, anathema sit.","english":"VII. Whoever believes that a part of God, which could not be freed and purified from the admixture (commixture) of the race of darkness, is damned and affixed (affixed) forever to a horrible globe, in which globe the race of darkness is enclosed, let him be anathema.\n\nVIII. Whoever believes that the law which was given through Moses was not given by the good and true God, and that the prophets who were among the people of Israel and are held in the canon of the divine Scriptures in the Catholic Church did not speak by the Spirit of the good and true God, let him be anathema.\n\nIX. Whoever believes that the Son of God, Jesus Christ, did not have true flesh, nor was born from the seed of David from the Virgin Mary, nor had a true body, nor suffered a true death of the flesh, nor rose from the dead, but was only a spirit (without flesh), and that he wished to appear in flesh in such a way that flesh was thought to be there which was not; and in this way contradicts the Gospel, with the Lord himself saying: “See my hands and my feet: touch and see, because a spirit has no bones and flesh, as you see me to have” (Luke 24). Therefore, whoever confesses Christ as true God in such a way that he also denies him to be fully man, let him be anathema.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Anathematism VII targets the Manichaean belief that an irredeemable part of God remains trapped in the material world, a core tenet of Manichaean cosmology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Luc, XXIV","severity":"info","text":"The citation of Luke 24 (likely verses 39–40) is used to argue for Christ's physicality, though the exact wording differs from the Vulgate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"admixtione (commixtione)","severity":"info","text":"The parenthetical 'commixtione' may indicate a scribal variant or gloss, reflecting uncertainty in the manuscript tradition about the precise term for the mixture of light and darkness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Anathematism VIII defends the Old Testament as divinely inspired, countering Manichaean rejection of the Hebrew scriptures, a common polemical theme in anti-Manichaean literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Anathematism IX combines a denial of docetism with a citation of Luke 24, forming a two-part condemnation: first of those who deny Christ's true humanity, then of those who affirm his divinity while denying his full humanity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"aftici","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'aftici' is likely a scribal error for 'affigi' (affixed), as indicated by the parenthetical correction; the text may be corrupt at this point.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact source of the Luke 24 citation is unclear; it may be a paraphrase or from a variant Latin tradition.","The relationship between the two parts of Anathematism IX (denial of true flesh vs. denial of full humanity) is not explicitly distinguished in the Latin."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"X. Quicunque adventum Spiritus Paracleti, quem Dominus in Evangelio promittit esse venturum in apostolos, post ascensionem Domini, in die Pentecostes, non statim credit impletum; sed post multos annos in Mane vel in Adimanto discipulo ejus venisse credit anathema sit.\n\nXI. * Quicunque carnem hanc quam gestamus, id est corpora humana, resurrecturam negat, anatheina sit\n\nXII. Qui animas humanas transfundi iterum in aliis corporibus vel animalibus credit, anathema sit.\n\nXIII. Quicunque solem et lunam naves esse cœlestes dicit, ad animas vel Dei substantiam transferendam, et honorem eis, vel luci isti visibili aliqui divinitatis ascribit, et non sicut reliquam creaturam ad minislerium humanum a Domino cæli ac terræ conditam, anathema sit.\n\nXIV. Qui credit omnem carnem quadrupedum, serpentium, volatilium et natatilium, vel omnium quæ in mundo sunt, non a Deo vero creatam, sed a principibus tenebrarum, anathema sit.","english":"X. Whoever believes that the coming of the Holy Spirit Paraclete, whom the Lord in the Gospel promises will come to the apostles, was not immediately fulfilled after the Lord’s ascension on the day of Pentecost, but believes that it came many years later in Mani or in his disciple Adimantus, let him be anathema.\n\nXI. Whoever denies that this flesh which we bear, that is, human bodies, will rise again, let him be anathema.\n\nXII. Whoever believes that human souls are transferred again into other bodies or animals, let him be anathema.\n\nXIII. Whoever says that the sun and moon are celestial ships for transporting souls or the substance of God, and ascribes to them or to this visible light any divinity, and does not hold them as the rest of creation made by the Lord of heaven and earth for human service, let him be anathema.\n\nXIV. Whoever believes that all flesh of quadrupeds, serpents, birds, and fish, or of all things that exist in the world, was not created by the true God but by the princes of darkness, let him be anathema.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Spiritus Paracleti","severity":"info","text":"Mani claimed to be the Paraclete promised in John 14:16-17, a central claim of Manichaeism rejected by Catholic orthodoxy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"adventum Spiritus Paracleti ... in die Pentecostes","severity":"info","text":"The promise of the Paraclete and its fulfillment at Pentecost alludes to John 14:16-17 and Acts 2:1-4.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Adimanto","severity":"info","text":"Adimantus (Addas) was a disciple of Mani, sometimes considered a co-founder; the anathema targets Manichaean claims of a delayed Paraclete.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"solem et lunam naves esse cœlestes","severity":"info","text":"Manichaean cosmology held that the sun and moon were ships carrying freed light particles to the realm of light; this anathema rejects that view.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"principibus tenebrarum","severity":"info","text":"In Manichaeism, the 'princes of darkness' are evil archons who created material bodies; the anathema affirms that all flesh is created by the true God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"X. ... XI. ... XII. ... XIII. ... XIV.","severity":"info","text":"These five anathemas form a sequence targeting Manichaean doctrines: delayed Paraclete, denial of bodily resurrection, metempsychosis, astral theology, and dualistic creation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'Mane' (X) could be a variant spelling of 'Mani' or a separate figure; the translation takes it as Mani."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"XV. Qui symbolum vel orationem ManichæOrum non detestans, sed venerans, aut recordari, aut ore proferre voluerit, analhema sit.\n\nXVI. Qui credit animas humanas ex substantia Dei esse, et corpora humana a principe tenebrarum vel facta vel fieri, analhema sit.\n\nXVII. Qui credit diabolum non esse a Deo factum angelum bonum, et propria voluntate per superbiam lapsum factum esse diabolum, eumdemque asserit non esse inter reliqnos angelos a Deo creatum, sed semper coæternum Deo fuisse, anathema sit.\n\nXVIII. Qui credit Manem, sive Manichæum, qui suprascripta omnia quæ anathemate et damnatione sunt digna praedicavit, Spiritum sanctum habuisse Paracletum, cum ea omnia docere non potuit Spiritus veritatis, sed spiritus falsitatis, anathema sit.\n\nXIX. Anathema etiam ipsi Mani, vel Manichæo, qui omnes supradictas impietates, et alias sacrilegas et damnabiles fabulas docuit et conscripsit, et credendas miseris persuadere conatus est, intendens spiritibus seductoribus, et doctrinis dæmoniorum et mendaciloquorum.","english":"XV. Whoever does not detest but venerates the symbol or prayer of the Manichaeans, and wishes either to recall it or to utter it with his mouth, let him be anathema.\n\nXVI. Whoever believes that human souls are from the substance of God, and that human bodies are either made or are being made by the prince of darkness, let him be anathema.\n\nXVII. Whoever believes that the devil was not made by God as a good angel, and that he did not become the devil by his own will through pride, falling, and asserts that he was not created by God among the other angels, but was always coeternal with God, let him be anathema.\n\nXVIII. Whoever believes that Manes, or Manichaeus, who preached all the things written above that are worthy of anathema and condemnation, had the Holy Spirit as Paraclete, since the Spirit of truth could not teach all those things, but the spirit of falsehood could, let him be anathema.\n\nXIX. Anathema also to Mani himself, or Manichaeus, who taught and wrote down all the above-mentioned impieties and other sacrilegious and damnable fables, and tried to persuade wretched people to believe them, intent upon seducing spirits and the teachings of demons and liars.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"symbolum vel orationem Manichaeorum","severity":"info","text":"The 'symbol or prayer' likely refers to a distinctive Manichaean creedal formula or liturgical prayer, which orthodox Christians were expected to reject.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Anathematismi XVI–XVII target core Manichaean dualism: souls as divine substance and bodies as evil creations, and the devil as coeternal with God, not a fallen angel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Anathematismi XV–XIX form a series of condemnations of Manichaean beliefs and practices, culminating in a direct anathema against Mani himself in XIX.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"These anathemas reflect the anti-Manichaean polemic of the late fourth to fifth centuries, especially in Latin Christianity, and were used in conciliar and baptismal contexts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"analhema","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'analhema' is a variant spelling of 'anathema'; the text consistently uses this form, which may reflect scribal or orthographic practice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'symbol or prayer' is not specified; it may refer to a known Manichaean text or a generic formula.","The phrase 'vel facta vel fieri' in XVI could be read as 'either made or being made', but the precise temporal nuance is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"XX. Anathema Adimanto, et omnibus discipulis ac sectatoribus ejus; et, sicut jam dictum est, qui in eum Spiritum Paracletum venisse credit, anathema sit.\n\nXXI. Omnibus etiam supradictæ perversitatis auctoribus, et doctrinæ, vel legi eorum, vel omnibus secretis, et catholicae Mei contrariis, orationibus ac sacrilegiis eorum, et cunctis scripturis eorum quæ citra canonem habentur Ecclesiæ, quas fides recta non suscipit, analhema sit.\n\nABJURATIO ET PROFESSIO PROSPERI.\n\nIn Christi nomine, ego Prosper hanc chartulam anathematis Manichæorum relegi, et anathema dicens omnibus, suprascriptis erroribus, manu propria subscripsi, et repudiatis omnibus eorum impietatibus, fide plenissima doctrinis eorum et traditionibus anathema dixi et dico; et me quæcunque Ecclesia catholica confitetur credere et sequi in omnibus sub testificatione divina polliceor atque promitto. Not. sub die XIII calendas Decembris, Olybrio Juniore viro clarissimo consule (anno Christi 526).","english":"XX. Anathema to Adimantus, and to all his disciples and followers; and, as has already been said, whoever believes that the Paraclete Spirit has come into him, let him be anathema.\n\nXXI. Also to all the authors of the aforementioned perversity, and to their doctrine or law, or to all their secrets, and to their prayers and sacrileges contrary to the Catholic faith, and to all their scriptures which are held outside the canon of the Church, which right faith does not accept, let there be anathema.\n\nABJURATION AND PROFESSION OF FAITH OF PROSPER.\n\nIn the name of Christ, I, Prosper, have read this document of the anathema of the Manichaeans, and, pronouncing anathema to all the above-written errors, I have subscribed with my own hand, and, having repudiated all their impieties, with the fullest faith I have said and do say anathema to their doctrines and traditions; and I promise and pledge, under divine attestation, that I believe and follow in all things whatever the Catholic Church confesses. Noted on the 13th day before the Kalends of December, under the consulship of Olybrius the Younger, most illustrious man (in the year of Christ 526).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Adimanto","severity":"info","text":"Adimantus was a prominent Manichaean disciple of Mani, often considered a rival to Augustine in early Latin anti-Manichaean polemic.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Spiritum Paracletum","severity":"info","text":"Manichaeans identified the Paraclete (John 14:16) with Mani himself, a claim rejected by Catholic orthodoxy; the anathema targets this identification.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Olybrio Juniore viro clarissimo consule","severity":"info","text":"The consulship of Olybrius the Younger dates the abjuration to 526 CE, placing it in the post-Chalcedonian period under Gothic rule in Italy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ABJURATIO ET PROFESSIO PROSPERI","severity":"info","text":"This section shifts from conciliar-style anathemas to a personal subscription formula, indicating Prosper's formal renunciation and acceptance of Catholic faith.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"hanc chartulam anathematis Manichæorum relegi","severity":"info","text":"The act of reading and signing the anathema document was a standard procedure for converts from Manichaeism, as seen in Augustine's anti-Manichaean works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"analhema","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text has 'analhema' for 'anathema' in XXI, likely a scribal error or variant spelling; the sense is unchanged.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of Prosper is not further specified; he may be a lay convert or a cleric, but the text does not clarify his status."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"NOTA JACOBI SIRMONDI, S. J.\n\nIn codice Ecclesiæ Lugdunensis, qui hæc capitula nobis suppeditavit, subjiciuntur concilio Carpentoractensi: sed consulum ordo exigit ut antecedant. Olybrius enim anno Christi consulatum gessit, Mavortius anno sequenti. His porro simillima sunt, nisi quod pauciora quæ apud S. Auguslinum tomo X in appendice teguntur sub hoc titulo: Commonitorium B. Augustini ad Ecclesiam (universam Ecclesiam destinatum) sub qua cautela Manichæi, si conversi fuerint, suscipi debeant.\n\nOBSERVATIO PHILIPPI LABBE, S. I.\n\nIn veteri codice, qui est in bibliotheca collegii GervasiaRi Parisiis, diciturque fuisse liber prioratus S. Salvii episcopi et martyris ad Valentianas in marchia Franciæ scriptus tempore Hugonis prioris, post librum S. Augustini de Hæresibus ad Quodvultdeum episcopum proxime sequuntur nonnulla, quæ lucem concilient praecedenti opusculo.","english":"Note of Jacobus Sirmond, S.J.\n\nIn the codex of the Church of Lyons, which supplied these chapters to us, they are subjoined to the Council of Carpentras: but the order of the consuls requires that they precede. For Olybrius held the consulship in the year of Christ, Mavortius in the following year. Moreover, these are very similar, except that fewer are covered in the appendix of St. Augustine, volume X, under this title: “Memorandum of the Blessed Augustine to the Church (destined to the universal Church) concerning the caution with which Manichaeans, if they have been converted, ought to be received.”\n\nObservation of Philippe Labbé, S.J.\n\nIn an old codex, which is in the library of the College of Gervais in Paris, and is said to have been the book of the priory of St. Salvius, bishop and martyr, at Valenciennes in the march of France, written in the time of Prior Hugh, after the book of St. Augustine on Heresies to Quodvultdeus the bishop, there follow immediately some things which may shed light on the preceding little work.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Sirmond notes that in the Lyons codex these chapters follow the Council of Carpentras, but consular chronology (Olybrius 464, Mavortius 465) requires them to precede it.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Sirmond compares these chapters to a shorter text in Augustine's appendix (vol. X) titled 'Commonitorium' on receiving converted Manichaeans, suggesting a shared anti-Manichaean disciplinary context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Labbé reports a Paris codex from the priory of St. Salvius at Valenciennes, where after Augustine's De Haeresibus ad Quodvultdeum follow items that may illuminate the preceding work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Sirmond's reference to consuls Olybrius (464) and Mavortius (465) anchors the Carpentras council and these chapters to the mid-5th century.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The English draft translates 'sub qua cautela' as 'concerning the caution with which', but 'cautela' in canon law often means 'safeguard' or 'precaution', not merely caution.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'sub qua cautela' could mean 'under which safeguard' or 'with what precaution'; the draft opts for 'caution'.","The phrase 'lucem concilient praecedenti opusculo' is ambiguous: 'concilient' may be a misprint for 'conciliet' (shed light on) or 'concilient' (reconcile)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"ITEM AUGUSTINUS EPISCOPUS ECCLESIÆ CATHOLICÆ.\n\nJam anathemavi Manichæum, et doctrinam ejus et spiritum qui per eum tam exsecrabiles blaspbemias locutus est, quia spiritus seductor erat, non veritatis, sed nefandi erroris, et nunc anathema supradictum Manichaeum et spiritum erroris ipsius. Ego Felix qui Manichæo credideram nunc anathemo euin et doctrinam ipsius et spiritum seductorem qui in illo fuit, qui dixit Deum Patrem suum genti tenebrarum miscuisse naturam, et eam turpiter liherare, ut virtutes suas transfiguret in feminas contra masculina dæmonia, ita ut postea reliquias ipsius partis suæ configat in æternum labe tenebrarum. llas omnes et cæteras blasphemias Manichæi ana themo.\n\nEgo conversus unus ex Manichaeis scripsi, quia si discessero antequam gesta subscribantur sic suum habendus ac si Manichæum non anathemalizaverim.","english":"Likewise, Augustine, Bishop of the Catholic Church.\n\nI have already anathematized Manichaeus, and his doctrine, and the spirit that through him spoke such abominable blasphemies, because that spirit was a seducer, not of truth, but of nefarious error; and now I anathematize the aforementioned Manichaeus and the spirit of his error. I, Felix, who had believed Manichaeus, now anathematize him and his doctrine and the seductive spirit that was in him, which said that God the Father mixed his own nature with the race of darkness, and foully liberated it, so that his powers transform themselves into females against male demons, and afterwards fix the remnants of his own part in the eternal stain of darkness. All these and the other blasphemies of Manichaeus I anathematize.\n\nI, a convert, one of the Manichaeans, have written this, because if I depart before the acts are subscribed, I am to be regarded as if I had not anathematized Manichaeus.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage records two formal anathemas: Augustine's against Manichaeus and Felix's personal renunciation. Felix's detailed description of Manichaean myth—God mixing his nature with darkness, powers transforming into females—is rare in Latin anti-Manichaean literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"anathema","severity":"info","text":"The Greek-derived term 'anathema' (here spelled 'anathema' and 'anathemo') means a formal curse or excommunication. Its repeated use underscores the ritual renunciation required of converts from Manichaeism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Felix's description of Manichaean cosmology—God's nature mixed with darkness, powers becoming female against male demons—reflects the Manichaean myth of the primal conflict between light and darkness, as known from other sources like the Cologne Mani-Codex.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a narrative unit within a collection of anathemas and professions of faith. It follows a note by Sirmond and precedes further documents; its placement here is determined by the Coptic cues as narrative, not liturgical.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The final sentence—'if I depart before the acts are subscribed, I am to be regarded as if I had not anathematized'—shows the legalistic concern for proper documentation in ecclesiastical proceedings, a feature of late antique conciliar practice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text contains a misspelling: 'blaspbemias' for 'blasphemias'. The English draft corrects this silently. The phrase 'turpiter liherare' likely stands for 'turpiter liberare', though the sense is clear.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Felix' is not specified; he may be a known convert or a generic figure. The phrase 'Ego conversus unus ex Manichaeis' could be read as Felix speaking or as a separate subscript."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"Felix conversus ex Manichæis dixi sub testificatione Dei me omnia vera confiteri, de quo scio esse Manichæos vel Manichæas in partes Cxsarienses Mariam et Lampadiam uxorem Mercurii argentarii, cuti quibus etiam apud electum Eucharisum pariter oravimus, Cxsariam et Lucillam filiam suam, Candidum qui commoratur Thipasa, Victorinam, Hispanam, Simplicianum Antonini patrem, et Paulum et sororem suam qui fuit Hipponc, quas etiam per Mariam et Lampadiam scivi esse Manichæas. Hoc tantum scio. Quod si aliud inventum fuerit me scire supra quam dixi, me reum ego ipse confiteor.\n\nCOMMONITORIUM SANCTI AUGUSTINI EPISCOPI AD PRESBY TERUM MANICHÆUM.\n\nSine causa tergiversaris, cum longe appareat qualis sit. Qui tecum locuti sunt fratres, indicaverunt mihi. Bene quia non times mortem, sed eam mortein debes timere quam tibi ipse facis talia de Deo blasphemando, et quod intelligis mortem istam visibilem quam omnes homines norunt separationem esse mentis a corpore non est magnum intelligere. Sed quod adjungis de vestro separationem esse boni a malo, si mens bonum est, et corpus malum, qui ea commiscuit non est bonus: dicitis quia Deus bonus ista commiscuit. Ergo aut malus est, aut malum timuit. Quid tu gloriaris quia non times hominem, cum Deum talem tibi fingas qui tenebras timuit, ut commisceret bonum et malum.","english":"Felix, converted from the Manichaeans, said under the testimony of God that I confess all things truly, of which I know that there are Manichaeans or Manichaean women in the Caesarean regions: Mary and Lampadia, wife of Mercurius the silversmith, with whom we also prayed together at the home of the Elect Eucharis; Caesaria and her daughter Lucilla; Candidus, who dwells at Tipasa; Victorina; the Spanish woman; Simplicianus, father of Antoninus; and Paul and his sister, who were at Hippo, whom I also knew through Mary and Lampadia to be Manichaean women. This only I know. But if anything else is found that I know beyond what I have said, I myself confess myself guilty.\n\nCOMMONITORY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, BISHOP, TO THE MANICHAEAN PRESBYTER.\n\nYou equivocate without cause, since it is plainly evident what sort you are. The brothers who spoke with you have informed me. It is well that you do not fear death, but you ought to fear that death which you bring upon yourself by blaspheming God in such a way, and because you understand that visible death, which all men know, is the separation of mind from body, that is not a great thing to understand. But as for what you add about your own, that it is the separation of good from evil: if the mind is good, and the body evil, the one who mixed them is not good. You say that the good God mixed them. Therefore, either he is evil, or he feared evil. Why do you boast that you do not fear man, when you fashion for yourself a God who feared the darkness, so that he mixed good and evil?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of two distinct parts: Felix's deposition listing Manichaeans, and Augustine's commonitory against a Manichaean presbyter. The transition is abrupt, suggesting a compilation of documents.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Felix conversus ex Manichaeis","severity":"info","text":"Felix was a Manichaean convert who, under interrogation, named associates. The list includes individuals in Caesarea (likely Mauretania Caesariensis) and Hippo, reflecting the network of Manichaean communities in North Africa.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"electum Eucharisum","severity":"info","text":"The term 'electus' (here 'electum') refers to the Manichaean elite, the 'Elect,' who were ascetics and teachers, as distinct from the 'Auditors' or hearers. Eucharis is named as a host for prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Commonitorium Sancti Augustini Episcopi ad Presby terum Manichaeum","severity":"info","text":"The 'commonitorium' is a memorandum or admonition. Augustine's text here is a polemical response to Manichaean dualism, arguing that if God mixed good and evil, God is either evil or fearful. This reflects Augustine's anti-Manichaean works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Cxsarienses","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'Cxsarienses' is a scribal abbreviation or variant for 'Caesarienses' (of Caesarea). The text also has 'Cxsariam' and 'Thipasa' (Tipasa). These are place names in North Africa, but the exact spelling may reflect manuscript corruption.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The list of names may include textual corruptions (e.g., 'Cxsarienses' for 'Caesarienses'). The relationship between Felix's deposition and Augustine's commonitory is unclear; they may be separate documents joined by a compiler."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"Noli autem extolli animo sicut scripsisti, quia vos magnos facimus eo quod impedire volumus venena vestra, ne ad homines pestilentia serpat. Non enim apostolus quos canes appellat, magnos facit cum dicit: Cavete canes; aut illos magnos faciebat, quorum sermonem dicebat serpere ut cancer. Itaque denuntio tibi in nomine Christi, ut si paratus es solvere quæstionem, in qua defecit præcessor tuus Fortunatus, et ita hinc ierat, ut non rediret nisi cum suis disputatione collata inveniret quid contra respondere posset, disputes cum fratrihus. Si autem ad hoc non es paraLus, discede hinc et noli pervertere vias Domini et illaquea re, et venenis inficere animas infirmas, ne adjuvante dextera Domini nostri quomodo non putaveris erubescas.\n\nCOMMONITORIUM SANCTl AUGUSTINI EPISCOPI ECCLEsIA CATHOLICÆ, QUOMODO SIT AGENDUM CUM MANICHÆIS QUI CONVERTUNTUR, ET QUOS POENITET HUJUS NEFANDI ERRORIS.","english":"But do not be puffed up in spirit, as you have written, because we make you great by wanting to hinder your poisons, lest the pestilence creep to men. For the apostle does not make great those whom he calls dogs when he says: Beware of dogs; nor did he make great those whose speech he said creeps like a cancer. Therefore I declare to you in the name of Christ, that if you are prepared to solve the question in which your predecessor Fortunatus failed, and from which he went away in such a way that he would not return unless, by the discussion held with the brothers, he found something he could reply against, then dispute with the brothers. But if you are not prepared for this, depart from here and do not pervert the ways of the Lord and ensnare and infect weak souls with poisons, lest, with the helping right hand of our Lord, you be put to shame in a way you did not expect.\n\nA REMINDER FROM SAINT AUGUSTINE, BISHOP OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, ON HOW TO ACT WITH MANICHAEANS WHO ARE CONVERTED, AND THOSE WHO REPENT OF THIS ABOMINABLE ERROR.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Cavete canes","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Cavete canes' (Beware of dogs) echoes a New Testament warning, likely referencing Philippians 3:2 or a similar admonition against false teachers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"serpere ut cancer","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor 'serpere ut cancer' (creep like a cancer) alludes to the Pauline description of false teaching spreading like a disease, possibly from Galatians or 2 Timothy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Fortunatus","severity":"info","text":"Fortunatus was a Manichaean opponent of Augustine who debated him in 392 AD and later fled, as referenced in Augustine's works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Commonitorium Sancti Augustini","severity":"info","text":"The appended 'Commonitorium' is a later editorial heading, not part of Prosper's original confession, serving as a rubric for handling Manichaean converts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Noli autem extolli animo","severity":"info","text":"This passage reflects Augustine's polemical style, later used in anti-Manichaean literature to model confrontational yet pastoral correction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"paraS","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'paraS' is a scribal error or abbreviation; the intended word is likely 'paratus' (prepared), as in the English draft.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'paraS' is ambiguous due to scribal truncation; interpreted as 'paratus' based on context.","The identity of 'Felix' in the previous passage is not clarified here; assumed to be the same convert."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"Cum anathematizaverint eamdem hæresim Manichæorum secundum formam infra scriptam; libeltumque dederit unusquisque eorum confessionis et pœnitentiæ suæ, atque anathematis eorum petens in ecclesia vel calechumeni, vel pœnitentis locum, si libellus ejus episcopo placuerit, cumque susceperit, det ei epistolam cum die et consule, ut nullam de superiore tempore molestiam, vel de publicis legibus, vel de disciplina ecclesiastica patiatur. Et post isum dicm si aliquibus indiciis Manichæus apparuerit, sentiat justitiæ severitatem, quæ talibus rebus abenda est, id est, ut ab ejus consortio, vel amicitia, vel quacunque socielatc christiani se abstineant secundum apostolicam disciplinam (auctoritatem).\n\nCommendentur autem qui epistolas ab episco; o acceperint religiosis catholicis vicinis vel cohabitatoribus suis, sive clericis, sive laicis, per quorum erga se curam frequentent audientiam sermonis Dei, et quorum testimonio possint innotescere. Nec facile admittantur ad baptismum si catechumeni sint, nec ad reconciliationem, si pœnitentiæ locum acceperint, nisi periculo mortis urgente, vel si eos aliquanto tempore probatos esse cognoverint episcopi per eorum testimonium quibus fuerint commendati.","english":"When they have anathematized the same heresy of the Manichaeans according to the form written below, and each one of them has given a libellus of his confession and penance, and of their anathema, seeking in the church either the place of a catechumen or of a penitent, if his libellus has pleased the bishop, and when he has received it, let him give him a letter with the day and the consul, so that he may suffer no trouble from the earlier time, either from the public laws or from ecclesiastical discipline. And after that day, if he appears a Manichaean by any indications, let him feel the severity of justice, which is to be applied to such matters, that is, that Christians abstain from his company, or friendship, or any association whatsoever, according to apostolic discipline (authority).\n\nMoreover, let those who have received letters from the bishop be commended to their neighboring or cohabiting religious Catholics, whether clerics or laity, through whose care for them they may frequent the hearing of the word of God, and by whose testimony they may become known. And let them not easily be admitted to baptism if they are catechumens, nor to reconciliation if they have received the place of penance, unless the danger of death is pressing, or if the bishops have known them to be tested for some time through the testimony of those to whom they were commended.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"libellus","severity":"info","text":"A libellus is a formal written statement, here of confession and penance, used in ecclesiastical discipline to document conversion and request readmission.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"cum die et consule","severity":"info","text":"Dating by day and consular year was standard in late Roman legal documents, providing a secure record of the date of conversion and immunity from past penalties.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Commendentur autem","severity":"info","text":"This sentence shifts from the initial legal immunity to ongoing pastoral supervision, outlining a two-stage process: formal absolution followed by probation under Catholic oversight.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"apostolicam disciplinam (auctoritatem)","severity":"info","text":"The parenthetical variant 'auctoritatem' for 'disciplinam' appears in some manuscripts, reflecting a textual instability between the authority of apostolic tradition and its disciplinary application.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"socielatc","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'socielatc' is a scribal error for 'societate' (association), as confirmed by the context of abstaining from the Manichaean's company.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"nisi periculo mortis urgente","severity":"info","text":"This clause reflects the early church's practice of delaying baptism and reconciliation except in danger of death, a rule codified in later canon law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'apostolicam disciplinam (auctoritatem)' shows a textual variant; the intended reading may be either 'discipline' or 'authority'.","The term 'calechumeni' is a misspelling of 'catechumeni' (catechumens), but the sense is clear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"Forma ergo, secundum quam debent hanc hæresim qui corriguntur, anathematizare, ista est.\n\nI. Qui credit duas esse naturas, etc., quæ paulo ante sunt excusa nonnullis omissis, ut in nota articuli xi strictim observavimus.\n\nITEM FORMA EPISTOLÆ, QUAM DAT EPISCOPUS CONVERSIS ISTA EST.\n\nQuoniam te Manichæorum auditorem poenitet fuisse, sicut ipse confessus es anathema dicens blaspbemiis et impiissimæ atque immundissimæ hæresi eorum, ex quo te non.nlsi ftdes catholica salvum fecit, habebis hanc epistolam adversus eos qui tibi temporis præteriti errorem, quantum ad istam nefariam pertinet sectam, objiciendum putaverint, quæ scripta est die illo et consule illo.\n\nElectis vero Manichaeorum qui se converti dicunt ad catholicam fidem, etiamsi et ipsi secundum superiorem formam eamdem hæresim anathematizaverint, non facile dandæ sunt litteræ; sed cum Dei servis esse debebunt, sive clericis, sive laicis, in monasterio, vel in xenodochio, donec appareant penitus ipsa superstitione caruisse: et tune vel baptizentur, si non fuerint baptizati, vel reconcilientur, si pœnitentiæ locum acceperint, ne acceptis cito litteris loca, in quibus fuerant commendati, deserant.","english":"Therefore, the form according to which those who are being corrected must anathematize this heresy is as follows.\n\nI. Whoever believes there are two natures, etc., which were set forth a little earlier, with some omissions, as we have briefly noted in the article of the eleventh section.\n\nLIKEWISE, THE FORM OF THE LETTER WHICH THE BISHOP GIVES TO THE CONVERTS IS THIS.\n\nSince you repent of having been a hearer of the Manichaeans, as you yourself have confessed, pronouncing anathema against the blasphemies and the most impious and most foul heresy of theirs, from which only the Catholic faith has saved you, you shall have this letter against those who might think to cast up to you the error of past time, insofar as it pertains to that nefarious sect, which letter was written on that day and in that consulship.\n\nAs for the Elect of the Manichaeans who say they are converting to the Catholic faith, even if they themselves have anathematized the same heresy according to the above form, letters are not to be given to them easily; but they ought to be with the servants of God, whether clerics or laity, in a monastery or in a hospice, until they appear to have been completely freed from that superstition: and then either they are to be baptized, if they have not been baptized, or reconciled, if they have received a place for penance, lest, having quickly received letters, they abandon the places in which they had been commended.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage provides two liturgical forms: the anathematization formula for converts and the bishop's letter for former Manichaean hearers, followed by a separate procedure for the Elect.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"auditorem","severity":"info","text":"Auditorem (hearer) refers to the lower grade of Manichaean adherents, distinct from the Elect (electis), who were the ascetic elite. 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