Of
the Same to the Bishops of Libya and Pentapolis.
There is another Epistle of the same father, complaining
to the bishops of Libya and Pentapolis. That some who had been
refused ordination by their own bishop, or cast out of the monasteries
for their irregularity, were ordained by a surprise upon some other
bishop, and that just as they came from their bride-bed, and then went
and performed the oblation, or any other office, in the monasteries
from which they had been ejected, which gave great offence. He
charges the bishops to take care of this for the future and, if any
were to be ordained, to enquire into their lives, and whether they are
married, and when, and how; and orders, that catechumens, who had been
separated for lapsing, be baptized at the hour of death.