Reminder concerning the Error of the Priscillianists and Origenists

Commonitorium de errore Priscillianistarum et Origenistarum

1Orosius explains why he brings Augustine a memorandum on the heresies troubling Spain and asks him to heal them.
2Orosius summarizes Priscillian's teaching on the soul's descent, astrology, the apocryphal Memoir of the Apostles, and a Trinity without distinction.
3Orosius reports how Origenist teachings came into Spain through the two Aviti and lists the doctrines they taught.
4Orosius closes by urging Augustine to supply the remedy and asking to be remembered.

About this work

Author: Orosius
Attribution: authentic · Written by Orosius for Augustine; named by Augustine and Gennadius; not disputed.
Standing: Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Writer in the church of his time, not venerated by any of the three traditions.
Date: 414 (probable) · Orosius brought this memorandum from Spain to Augustine in 414; Augustine answered with Against the Priscillianists and Origenists.
Written at: Spain (Braga) (probable)
Addressed to: Augustine of Hippo
Language: Latin
Genre: treatise
Reference system: chapter (Schepss's divisions)
SBL abbreviation: Commonit.Not yet checked
Clavis: CPL 569 (not yet checked)
Text from: Georg Schepss, ed., Priscilliani quae supersunt, CSEL 18 (Vienna: Tempsky, 1889) (Printed edition in the public domain; digital text CC BY-SA 4.0)
CTS URN: urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0215c.stoa003