Texts

Homily on the Deadly Sins

  • Early Irish
  • prose
  • Irish religious texts, Irish penitentials, sermons and homilies
Title
Homily on the Deadly Sins
Edited by Kuno Meyer under the German heading Von den Todsünden.
First words (prose)
  • Conæmdetar sruithe Érenn a ríaglaib na screptræ pennatóir dílgind frepthæ cech pechtæ ó biuc co m-mór
In Rawlinson B 512: ‘Conæmdetar sruithe Érenn a ríaglaib na screptræ pennatóir dílgind frepthæ cech pechtæ ó biuc co m-mór’ (‘The venerable of Ireland have drawn up from the rules of the Scriptures a penitential for the annulling and remedying of every sin, both small and great.’).(2)n. 2 Translated by Binchy in: Ludwig Bieler • D. A. Binchy, The Irish penitentials (1963): 259.
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Text derives from the Old Irish Penitential.(1)n. 1 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006).
(Possible) sources: Old Irish penitentialOld Irish penitential
Related: Old Irish penitentialOld Irish penitential

Classification

Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
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Irish penitentialsIrish penitentials
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Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
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sermons and homiliesreligious literature
sermons and homilies
id. 29296

Sources

Notes

Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006).
Translated by Binchy in: Ludwig Bieler • D. A. Binchy, The Irish penitentials (1963): 259.

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: II. Aus Rawlinson B. 512. Von den Todsünden”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901): 24–28.
Celtic Digital Initiative – all Mitteilungen of ZCP 3: <link> CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Follett, Westley, Céli Dé in Ireland: monastic writing and identity in the early Middle Ages, Studies in Celtic History, 23, Woodbridge, 2006.
125, 225
Bieler, Ludwig [ed.], and D. A. Binchy [appendix], The Irish penitentials, Scriptores Latini Hiberniae, 5, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1963.
258 Appendix by Binchy
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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October 2011, last updated: January 2024