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- Subject: Sylvester of Rome (30 Dec 335)
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- SYLVESTER OF ROME (30 DEC 335) (transferred to Thurs 31 Dec)
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- Sylvester (or Silvester) was Bishop of Rome from 314 to 335 -- that
- is, from just after the Emperor Constantine's Edict legalizing
- Christianity to just before the death of Constantine. He was
- represented by delegates at the regional Council of Arles in 314
- (called in an attempt to heal the Donatist schism) and at the
- ecumenical Council of Nicea in 325 (called to decide the Arian
- question). Constantine gave him the Lateran Palace, which became his
- cathedral. Little else is known of him. There are later stories of
- his dealings with Constantine, but these are totally unhistorical.
- We remember him chiefly as a representative of Christian leaders
- faced with the problem of how the Church ought to relate to a
- surrounding society at least superficially friendly to it.
-
- PRAYER (traditional language)
- O God, our Heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful
- servant Sylvester to be a bishop and pastor in thy Church and
- to feed thy flock: Give abundantly to all pastors the gifts of
- thy Holy Spirit, that they may minister in thy household as
- true servants of Christ and stewards of thy divine mysteries;
- through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth
- with thee and the same Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
-
- PRAYER (contemporary language)
- O God, our Heavenly Father, who raised up your faithful servant
- Sylvester to be a bishop and pastor in your Church and to feed
- your flock: Give abundantly to all pastors the gifts of your
- Holy Spirit, that they may minister in your household as true
- servants of Christ and stewards of your divine mysteries;
- through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns
- with you and the same Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
-