Against the Donatists · Appendix 2. The trial before Zenophilus9

1'Victor of Samsuricum.'

2Zenophilus said:

3'What is your station in life?' |368

4Victor said:

5'I am an artisan.'

6Zenophilus said:

7'Who gave up the silver table ?'

8Victor answered:

9'I did not see----what I know I will tell you.'

10Zenophilus said to Victor:

11'Although it has now become certain from the replies of those whom we have already questioned, nevertheless, do you tell us whether Silvanus is a Betrayer.'

12Victor said:

13'When it was demanded a second time how it was that he dismissed this matter ----that we should be led to Carthage, I heard from the mouth of the Bishop himself: "There were given to me a silver lamp and a silver casket, and these I gave up." '

14Zenophilus said to Victor of Samsuricum:

15'From whom did you hear that?'

16Victor said:

17'From Silvanus the Bishop.'

18Zenophilus said to Victor: |369

19'Did you hear from himself that he had been a Betrayer?'

20Victor said:

21'I heard him say that he gave up these things with his own hands.'

22Zenophilus said:

23'Where did you hear that?'

24Victor said:

25'In the basilica.'