Against the Donatists · Appendix 2. The trial before Zenophilus10

1Zenophilus said:

2'At Cirta ?'

3Victor said:

4'He began there his address to the people with these words: "On what ground do they say that I am a Betrayer? Is it because of the lamp and the casket ?"'

5Zenophilus said to Nundinarius:

6'What else is there about which you think that we should question these men?'

7Nundinarius said:

8'About the casks belonging to the imperial treasury. Who took them away?'

9Zenophilus said to Nundinarius:

10'What casks?' |370

11Nundinarius said:

12'They were in the temple of Serapis, and Purpurius the Bishop took them away. The vinegar that they contained was taken away by Silvanus the Bishop, Dontius the priest, and Lucianus.'

13Zenophilus said to Nundinarius:

14'Do these men who are before us know that this was done?'

15Nundinarius answered:

16'Yes.'

17Saturninus the deacon said:

18'Our fathers told us that they were taken away.'

19Zenophilus said:

20'By whom----as it is alleged----were they taken away?'

21Saturninus said:

22'By Purpurius the Bishop, and the vinegar by Silvanus and Dontius and Superius the priests, and Lucianus the deacon.'

23Nundinarius said:

24'Did Victor give twenty pieces of money and was he made a priest?'

25Saturninus said: