{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p><span class=\"smcap\">Chap. xvii.</span>—22. But, having considered and handled all\r\nthese points, we have now come to that peaceful utterance of\r\nCyprian at the end of the epistle, with which I am never\r\nsated, though I read and re-read it again and again,—so great\r\nis the pleasantness of brotherly love which breathes forth\r\nfrom it, so great the sweetness of charity in which it abounds.\r\n\"These things,\" he says, \"we have written unto you, dearest\r\nbrother, shortly, according to our poor ability, prescribing to or\r\nprejudging no one, lest each bishop should not do what he\r\nthinks right, in the free exercise of his own will. We, so far\r\nas in us lies, do not contend on the subject of heretics with\r\nour colleagues and fellow-bishops, with whom we maintain\r\nconcord and peace in the Lord; especially as the apostle also\r\nsays, 'If any man seem to be contentious, we have no such\r\ncustom, neither the churches of God.'<a id=\"FNanchor_343_343\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_343_343\">[343]</a> We observe patiently\r\nand gently charity of spirit, the honour of our brotherhood,\r\nthe bond of faith, the harmony of the priesthood. For this\r\nreason also, to the best of our poor ability, by the permission\r\nand the inspiration of God we have written this treatise on\r\n'The Good of Patience,' which we have sent to you in consideration\r\nof our mutual love.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_344_344\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_344_344\">[344]</a></p>","headings":["WRITINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DONATIST CONTROVERSY.","BOOK FIFTH."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45843-paragraph-182"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"fe63fb763138e5e09ab3b1ba4829d0f2e07949d7a250514fcb90d945a2e34257","edition_title":"Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy","edition_translators":["John Richard King"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45843-Footnote_344_344","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_344_344","source_ebook":45843,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_344_344\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_344_344\"><span class=\"label\">[344]</span></a> Cypr. <i>Ep.</i> lxxiii. sec. 22.</p></div>","source_sha256":"a7a04003f4d3c49eb73db6c5936713979fcecadd86884373a9914ac54373ac5b","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45843/pg45843-images.html#Footnote_344_344","text_sha256":"cf9f371f63843395724b9ddcaad965db180966b9283c3c9bcf706db0b76358c1","verified":false,"work_id":null}