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Epistle X. 1

To the Martyrs and Confessors Who Sought that Peace Should Be Granted to the Lapsed.

Argument.--The Occasion of This Letter is Given Below in Epistle XIV. As Follows:--"When I Found that Those Who Had Polluted Their Hands and Mouths with Sacrilegious Contact, or Had No Less Infected Their Conscience with Wicked Certificates," Etc. 2

  1. Oxford ed.: Ep. xv. a.d. 250. ↩

  2. That these were everywhere soliciting the martyrs, and were also corrupting the confessors with importunate and excessive entreaty, so that, without any distinction or examination of the individuals, thousands of certificates were given, against the Gospel law, I wrote letters in which I recalled by my advice as much as possible the martyrs and confessors to the Lord's commands. ↩

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