{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>16. These deeds were looked upon with horror by many\r\nwho were firmly rooted in the same superstitious heresy; and\r\naccordingly, when they supposed that it was sufficient to establish\r\ntheir innocence that they were ill contented with such\r\nconduct, it was urged against them by the Catholics: If these\r\nevil deeds do not pollute your innocence, how then do you\r\nmaintain that the whole Christian world has been polluted by\r\nthe alleged sins of Cæcilianus, which are either altogether\r\ncalumnies, or at least not proved against him? How come<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_493\">[Pg 493]</a></span>\r\nyou, by a deed of gross impiety, to separate yourselves from\r\nthe unity of the Catholic Church, as from the threshing-floor\r\nof the Lord, which must needs contain, up to the time of the\r\nfinal winnowing, both corn which is to be stored in the\r\ngarner, and chaff that is to be burned up with fire?<a id=\"FNanchor_1202_1202\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1202_1202\">[1202]</a> And\r\nthus some were so convinced by argument as to come over to\r\nthe unity of the Catholic Church, being prepared even to meet\r\nthe hostility of abandoned men; whilst the greater number,\r\nthough equally convinced, and though desirous to do the\r\nsame, yet dared not make enemies of these men, who were\r\nso unbridled in their violence, seeing that some who had\r\ncome over to us experienced the greatest cruelty at their\r\nhands.</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-768"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"2f653f0f45170ee8ceb283145607793c27980cd0adca0e1cf006a06cd25d0255","edition_title":"Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy","edition_translators":["John Richard King"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"MAT","chapter":3,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Matt. iii. 12","verse":12,"verse_end":12}],"headings":[],"id":"pg45843-Footnote_1202_1202","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_1202_1202","source_ebook":45843,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_1202_1202\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1202_1202\"><span class=\"label\">[1202]</span></a> Matt. iii. 12.</p></div>","source_sha256":"a7a04003f4d3c49eb73db6c5936713979fcecadd86884373a9914ac54373ac5b","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45843/pg45843-images.html#Footnote_1202_1202","text_sha256":"75bcd74314b17a34e93ed16168cff3799c343385d2d8756026d68358b23a2b39","verified":false,"work_id":null}