Pope Celestine I

St. Celestine I ( * before September 10 422; † July 27 432) was dated 10 September 422 to 27 July 432 Pope and Bishop of Rome. He is one of the saints, and has promoted the teaching of the Church of Mary Theotokos as sustainable. His name means: Heavenly ( lt )

Life and work

Celestine I was before his election as Pope deacon in Rome. His entire tenure, he tried to enforce in matters of jurisdiction of the Roman right of appeal against the North African churches; whereas this, however, successfully resisted. The conflict was essentially crushed when the Vandals conquered North Africa. Bishop Augustine of Hippo received support from him against semi-Pelagianism.

In the dispute with Nestorius and his followers, the Bishop Cyril of Alexandria to Celestine, who at a Roman synod rejected the doctrine of Nestorius in August 430 and this threatened excommunication turned. The Council of Ephesus, the end of June 431, presided at the Celestine three legates of their arrival, the condemned Nestorianism also with the express consent of the Pope.

Celestine made ​​primarily in the area of ​​Mission ( also within the church ) deserves. Because of Pelagianism, meanwhile, had extended to Britain, he sent 429 Bishop Germanus of Auxerre in the northern province. Two years later, the then deacon Palladius was sent to the mission in pagan Ireland and appointed missionary bishop. From Celestine 16 letters have been preserved. Celestine I was a representative of the ecclesiastical primacy idea, albeit with little success, particularly in Africa.

Under Pope Celestine I, the famous Roman church of Santa Sabina was built, which still has a cedar door of his death in 432, with the oldest known representation of the crucified Christ.

Anniversaries

• Catholic: July 27
• Orthodox: April 8