A Critical Edition of Frg. Manich. Renunt. (Fragmenta Quattuor ad Manichaeum Renuntiandum Pertinentia), Including the Testimonium de Manichaeis Sectatoribus, and of Aug. Epist. 79

Abstract

The present article contains a critical edition of the Fragmenta quattuor ad Manichaeum renuntiandum pertinentia (including the so-called Testimonium de Manichaeis sectatoribus), and of Augustine, Epistula 79. Contrary to currently available editions, the text offered in the article is based on several mediaeval manuscripts. Apart from a discussion of the manuscripts in question, this article further comprises a detailed analysis of the second part of the Fragmenta quattuor, namely Cresconius’s subscription and Felix’s testimony.