Pacian of Barcelona
Church father · died c. 390
Bishop of Barcelona in Spain, praised by Jerome for his eloquence and his life. His three letters to Sympronian, a Novatianist who held that the church could not forgive grave sins committed after baptism, defend repentance and the church’s forgiveness.
Quoted For
- John 7:53–8:11 “And every man went unto his own house …”
The church fathers are the early Christian writers. Their quotations show which reading was known, where, and when, often earlier than any manuscript of the passage that survives.
