Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p><span class=\"smcap\">Chap. ii.</span>—6. I would add, moreover, that they themselves,\r\nby making it the subject of an accusation, referred the case of\r\nCæcilianus to the decision of the Emperor Constantine; and\r\nthat, even after the bishops had pronounced their judgment,<a id=\"FNanchor_1185_1185\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1185_1185\">[1185]</a>\r\nfinding that they could not crush Cæcilianus, they brought\r\nhim in person before the above-named emperor for trial, in the\r\nmost determined spirit of persecution. And so they were\r\nthemselves the first to do what they censure in us, in order\r\nthat they may deceive the unlearned, saying that Christians\r\nought not to demand any assistance from Christian\r\nemperors against the enemies of Christ. And this, too, they\r\ndid not dare to deny in the conference which we held at the\r\nsame time in Carthage: nay, they even venture to make it a\r\nmatter of boasting that their fathers had laid a criminal\r\nindictment against Cæcilianus before the emperor; adding\r\nfurthermore a lie, to the effect that they had there worsted\r\nhim, and procured his condemnation. How then can they be\r\notherwise than persecutors, seeing that when they persecuted\r\nCæcilianus by their accusations, and were overcome by him,\r\nthey sought to claim false glory for themselves by a most\r\nshameless lie; not only considering it no reproach, but glorying\r\nin it as conducive to their praise, if they could prove that\r\nCæcilianus had been condemned on the accusation of their\r\nfathers? But in regard to the manner in which they were\r\novercome at every turn in the conference itself, seeing that\r\nthe records are exceedingly voluminous, and it would be a\r\nserious matter to have them read to you while you are occu<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_484\">[Pg 484]</a></span>pied\r\nin other matters that are essential to the peace of Rome,\r\nperhaps it may be possible to have a digest<a id=\"FNanchor_1186_1186\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1186_1186\">[1186]</a> of them read to\r\nyou, which I believe to be in the possession of my brother\r\nand fellow-bishop Optatus; or if he has not a copy, he might\r\neasily procure one from the church at Sitifa; for I can well\r\nbelieve that even that volume will prove wearisome enough\r\nto you from its lengthiness, amid the burden of your many\r\ncares.</p>","headings":["WRITINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DONATIST CONTROVERSY.","A TREATISE CONCERNING THE CORRECTION OF THE DONATISTS; FORMING EPISTLE 185 IN MIGNE'S EDITION OF AUGUSTINE'S WORKS."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45843-paragraph-758"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"00e2eb26a0d3d52248697d423f588b246847297c39b8e1d4aa5634432cd20a84","edition_title":"Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy","edition_translators":["John Richard King"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45843-Footnote_1185_1185","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Title leaves identify J. R. King, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1872; catalog identifies translator John Richard King (1835-1907). Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/American Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_1185_1185","source_ebook":45843,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_1185_1185\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1185_1185\"><span class=\"label\">[1185]</span></a> In the Councils at Rome and Arles.</p></div>","source_sha256":"a7a04003f4d3c49eb73db6c5936713979fcecadd86884373a9914ac54373ac5b","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45843/pg45843-images.html#Footnote_1185_1185","text_sha256":"97776d5d5666082b3af7aa0053c7a2b7119b39676b011606b3ae27f5ef739c98","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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