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Against the Donatists · Translator's introduction1

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Optatus of Milevis, Against the Donatists (1917) Translator's introduction. pp. i-xxxv.

THE WORK OF ST. OPTATUS AGAINST THE DONATISTS

THE

WORK OF ST. OPTATUS

BISHOP OF MILEVIS

AGAINST THE DONATISTS

WITH APPENDIX

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH

WITH NOTES CRITICAL, EXPLANATORY,

THEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL

BY THE

REV. O. R. VASSALL-PHILLIPS, B.A.

BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD

PRIEST OF THE CONGREGATION Of THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER

'Legant qui volunt quae narret et quibus documentis quam

multa persuadeat Venerabilis Memoriae Milevitanus Episcopus

Catholicae Communionis Optatus.'----S. Augustinus.

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