• Home
  • Works
  • Introduction Guide Collaboration Sponsors / Collaborators Copyrights Contact Imprint
Bibliothek der Kirchenväter
Search
DE EN FR
Works Cyprian of Carthage (200-258) Ad Demetrianum [CSEL]
Caput I

§ 4

quid si et senes inputent christianis quod minus ualeant in senectute, quod non perinde ut prius uigeant auditu aurium, cursu pedum, oculorum acie, uirium robore, suco uiscerum, mole membrorum, et cum olim ultra octingentos et nongentos annos uita hominum longaeua procederet, uix nunc possit ad 123[P. 354] centenarium numerum peruenire. canos uidemus in pueris, capilli deficiunt antequam crescunt, nec aetas in senectutem desinit, sed incipit a senectute. sic in ortu adhuc suo ad finem natiuitas properat, sic quodcumque nunc nascitur mundi ipsius senectute degenerat, ut nemo mirari debeat singula in mundo deficere coepisse, cum ipse iam mundus totus in defectione sit et in fine.


  1. Apparatus: 1 torrentis S, torpendis [^Wl] solita [^WR,] soli.. [^B (Zitterae euanuerunt),] solis tanta [^v] fragIantia [^W] uerna de [^SWBV,] uemante [^Baluzitts ex 4 codd. recepit] sua [^WRY,] -II a [^S (litterae in fine lineae euanuerunt),] sata [^uel] sua sata [^v; cf. Gronou. obs. p. 324] 3 effosisJR frountur [^W] 5 uaenae [^W,] benae [^R] breuiantur et [^Wl] in d. singulos [^om. R] et [^delendum fort]. decrescint S, decrescunt v ac om. [^v] defecit [^S] 6 aruia [^SWRV, agris v] agricula S in m. nauta [^om. W] 7 concordiam [^R] 8 posse substantiam posse substantiam [^S] 10 iuuentute [^v pollere] polliceri W (ex... ere) quidquit S] 11 demergit RI 12 radio S claros [^R] sic [^ex] si [^Wm.2] 13 exsoletis [^S] 14 antea W uirides S sterili [^v] 15 ezabundantibus [^S; cf. de bono pat. c. 20] 16 distillatlfo 17 sententiam [^R occidanturii; cf. SaXlust. Iug. c. 2] 19 diminuta [^WRv] 21 imputant [^S,] inputet [^R] 24 nungentos [^SR] 25 nunc][^non R]  ↩

  2. Apparatus: m.  ↩

  3. Apparatus: 23  ↩

pattern
  Print   Report an error
  • Show the text
  • Bibliographic Reference
  • Scans for this version
Editions of this Work
Ad Demetrianum [CSEL]
Ad Demetrianum [PL] Compare
Translations of this Work
A Démétrien Compare
An Address to Demetrianus Compare
An Demetrianus (BKV) Compare

Contents

Faculty of Theology, Patristics and History of the Early Church
Miséricorde, Av. Europe 20, CH 1700 Fribourg

© 2025 Gregor Emmenegger
Imprint
Privacy policy