De duodecim abusivis saeculi

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Title	De duodecim abusivis saeculi ‘Of the twelve abuses of the world’
Author	'Pseudo-Cyprian'
Ascribed to	Cyprian (hence the anonymous author is known as Pseudo-Cyprian), also Isidore of Seville and Augustine of Hippo
Language	Latin
Date	7th century
Provenance	Ireland
Description	tract
Sources	Bible, Rule of Benedict, Irish wisdom literature

Description

Twelve chapters:

1. the wise man without works (sapiens sine operibus)
2. the old man without religion (senex sine religione)
3. the young man without obedience (adolescens sine oboedienia)
4. the rich man without charity/alms-giving (dives sine elemosyna)
5. the woman without modesty/decency (femina sine pudicitia)
6. the lord without virtue/strength (dominus sine virtute)
7. the contentious Christian or the Christian who loves the world (christianus contentiosus)
8. the proud poor man (pauper superbus)
9. the unjust king (rex iniquus)
10. the negligent bishop (episcopus neglegens)
11. the community without punishment (plebs sine disciplina)
12. the people without the law [of Christ] (populus sine lege).

Notes

Sources

Editions

Hellmann, Siegmund (ed.), Ps.-Cyprianus. De xii abusiuis saeculi, Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur 34, Leipzig, 1909.