Użycie (i nadużycie?) biskupiego autorytetu w sprawie biskupa Wiktora i Żyda Licyniusza (Augustyn, Ep. 8*)
The Use (and Misuse?) of Bishop’s Authority in the Affair of bishop Victor and the Jew Licinius (Aug., ep. 8*)

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I discuss the problem of episcopal authority and power underlying the case of the Jew Licinius described in Augustine’s Letter 8*. Victor, a bishop, had exercised his power to evict Licinius from his lawfully owned property. Licinius asked Augustine, bishop of Hippo, acknowledging Augustine’s authority and reliant on his power, to intercede for him in this matter. Augustine took the Jew Licinius’ side, but at the same time tried to protect Victor’s episcopal authority. He charged his fellow bishop with the task of judging the internal conflict in the Jewish family of Licinius, passing a sentence and supervising the enforcement of an appropriate penalty imposed on the individual guilty of the offence against Licinius’ mother.

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