{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>4. For they prefer to the testimonies of Holy Writ their\r\nown contentions, because, in the case of Cæcilianus, formerly a\r\nbishop of the Church of Carthage, against whom they brought\r\ncharges which they were and are unable to substantiate, they\r\nseparated themselves from the Catholic Church,—that is, from\r\nthe unity of all nations. Although, even if the charges had\r\nbeen true which were brought by them against Cæcilianus, and\r\ncould at length be proved to us, yet, though we might pro<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_482\">[Pg 482]</a></span>nounce\r\nan anathema upon him even in the grave,<a id=\"FNanchor_1178_1178\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1178_1178\">[1178]</a> we are still\r\nbound not for the sake of any man to leave the Church, which\r\nrests for its foundation on divine witness, and is not the figment\r\nof litigious opinions, seeing that it is better to trust in\r\nthe Lord than to put confidence in man.<a id=\"FNanchor_1179_1179\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1179_1179\">[1179]</a> For we cannot allow\r\nthat if Cæcilianus had erred,—a supposition which I make\r\nwithout prejudice to his integrity,—Christ should therefore\r\nhave forfeited His inheritance. It is easy for a man to believe\r\nof his fellow-men either what is true or what is false; but it\r\nmarks abandoned impudence to desire to condemn the communion\r\nof the whole world on account of charges alleged\r\nagainst a man, of which you cannot establish the truth in the\r\nface of the world.</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-756"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"74f7c0d0023ddae27ce2b0cd0a40a6ef01aeab02127e887b93d89b30cae3a330","edition_title":"Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy","edition_translators":["John Richard King"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45843-Footnote_1178_1178","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_1178_1178","source_ebook":45843,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_1178_1178\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1178_1178\"><span class=\"label\">[1178]</span></a> This epistle was produced in the fifth conference of the fifth Synod, when\r\nthe point was under debate whether Theodorus of Mopsuesta could be condemned\r\nafter his death.</p></div>","source_sha256":"a7a04003f4d3c49eb73db6c5936713979fcecadd86884373a9914ac54373ac5b","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45843/pg45843-images.html#Footnote_1178_1178","text_sha256":"a349cc0a07b579de452f4d0bef212c79e149fc1e4ec429a24506517e78636bc6","verified":false,"work_id":null}