Augustins Predigten: “Dokumente prallen Lebens”. Animation zu frischer Lektüre

Abstract

This publication is a translation of the original transcript of the public lecture, presented on January, 30, 2021 at Roman Institute of Goerres Society in Campo Santo Teutonico, Vatican. Prof. Dr. Dr. Hubertus R. Drobner (Germany, Paderborn), one of the leading researchers and translators of St Augustine’s homiletic legacy, has presented a perspective of interpretation for some of St Augustine’s sermons containing the most vibrant details of turbulent life of North African Christian community. These sermons filled with everyday details, which were characteristic and important for local community did not draw much attention among mediaeval scribes and were discovered for the scientific research only by the end of 20^th century and had a great impact on the reception of St Augustine’s homiletic and theological legacy. In his interpretation of homiletic part of St Augustine’s heritage, Prof. Dr. Drobner particularly emphasizes the importance of these sermons as a historical and theological source on the history of the Church in the early 5^th century.