Epistola ad Coroticum

The author presents himself as a repentant, unlearned bishop called by God to preach among the inhabitants of Hibernia, who renounced homeland and kin to teach and baptize. He denounces Coroticus and his band for brutally slaughtering and enslaving newly baptized converts and for mocking requests to spare captives. He condemns the perpetrators' avarice in selling Christian captives and rejects their profane gains as accursed. He urges the faithful to withhold food, fellowship, and alms from these wrongdoers until they repent and release the baptized prisoners. He consoles the bereaved by promising heavenly recompense to the martyred and warns of divine judgment and eternal punishment for those responsible.