Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Church Fathers Fathers and ecclesiastical writers up to the end of the 8th century, anonymous works

De Ecclesia

By Erik Peterson

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DE ECCLESIA. - From the 4th century, one hundred and ten hexameters of unknown origin in Virgilian verses (cento), which describe a religious service with a sermon on the work of salvation. This poem was recited by the author in church.

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BIBL.: Ed. by F. Buecheler and A. Riese, Anthologia latina, I, 1, 2nd ed., Leipzig 1894, no. 16; C. Schenkl, in CSEL. XVI, pp. 621-27; M. Manitius, Gesch. der christl.-latein. Poesie, Stuttgart 1891, p. 129 ff.; Moricea, II, p. 850 ff.

Erik Peterson

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1299.

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Peterson, Erik. “De Ecclesia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1299. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/de-ecclesia.

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Peterson, Erik. “De Ecclesia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1299. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/de-ecclesia.

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@incollection{ec4_de_ecclesia,
  author    = {Peterson, Erik},
  title     = {De Ecclesia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1299},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/de-ecclesia}
}

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