2. First of all I sorrowed in soul that truths
were lessened by the sons of men; in the second place I feared for my
own self, lest in addition to my other sins, I should become a
misanthrope, believing no truth and honour to be left in any man; if
indeed those whom I have most greatly trusted are proved to be so
disposed both to me and to the truth. Be sure then, my brother,
and every one who is a friend of the truth, that the composition is not
mine; I do not approve of it, for it is not drawn up according to my
views. Even if I did write, a good many years ago, to
Apollinarius or to any one else, I ought not to be blamed. I find
no fault myself if any member of any society has been cut off into
heresy (and you know perfectly well whom I mean though I mention nobody
by name), because each man will die in his own sin.