Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Sermons
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Sermons
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Augustine’s Pastoral Task of Preaching Sermons
- Part II Augustine’s Sermons on the Scriptures and Liturgical Feasts
- 4 Sermons on the Old Testament
- 5 Sermons on the New Testament
- 6 Sermons for Christmas and the New Year’s Feasts
- 7 Sermons for Lent, Good Friday, and Easter
- 8 Sermons on the Ascension and Pentecost
- 9 Sermons on Feasts of the Martyrs
- Part III Augustine’s Preaching Themes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page )
- References
8 - Sermons on the Ascension and Pentecost
from Part II - Augustine’s Sermons on the Scriptures and Liturgical Feasts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Sermons
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Sermons
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Augustine’s Pastoral Task of Preaching Sermons
- Part II Augustine’s Sermons on the Scriptures and Liturgical Feasts
- 4 Sermons on the Old Testament
- 5 Sermons on the New Testament
- 6 Sermons for Christmas and the New Year’s Feasts
- 7 Sermons for Lent, Good Friday, and Easter
- 8 Sermons on the Ascension and Pentecost
- 9 Sermons on Feasts of the Martyrs
- Part III Augustine’s Preaching Themes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page )
- References
Summary
This chapter examines Augustine’s sermons given on the feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost. The homilies given on the Ascension highlight Augustine’s Christology, particularly the Ascension as disclosing Christ’s presence and the totus Christus. Augustine’s sermons on Pentecost and its vigil emphasize the unity of the church, imaged in the speaking of tongues in Acts 2, through the giving of the Holy Spirit. The sermons on Pentecost also unpack, through the image of the new wine and drunkenness in Acts 2, the newness and continuity of Pentecost as the fulfillment of the law in the Spirit’s gift of charity.
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Further Reading
Bishop, Richard W., Leemans, Johan, and Tamas, Hajnalka, eds. 2016. Preaching after Easter: Mid-Pentecost, Ascension, and Pentecost in Late Antiquity. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, vol. 136. Leiden: Brill.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Burns, J. Patout, Jr. 2022. Augustine’s Preached Theology: Living as the Body of Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans.Google Scholar
Dupont, Anthony. 2014. Preacher of Grace: A Critical Reappraisal of Augustine’s Doctrine of Grace in his Sermones ad Populum on Liturgical Feasts and During the Donatist Controversy. Leiden: Brill.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Poque, Suzanne. 1984. Le Langage symbolique dans la prédication d’Augustin d’Hippone: Images héroïques, vol. 1. Paris: Études Augustiniennes.Google Scholar
Wilken, Robert Louis. 2000. “Spiritus Sanctus secundum Scripturas Sanctas: Exegetical Considerations of Augustine on the Holy Spirit.” Augustinian Studies 31, no. 1: 1–18.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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