Epistle XII. 1
To the Clergy, Concerning the Lapsed and Catechumens, that They Should Not Be Left Without Superintendence.
Argument.--The Burden of This Letter, as of the Succeeding One, is Found Below in the XIV^th Epistle. "But Afterwards," He Says, "When Some of the Lapsed, Whether of Their Own Accord, or by the Suggestion of Any Other, Broke Forth with a Daring Demand, as Though They Would Endeavour, by a Violent Effort, to Extort the Peace that Had Been Promised to Them by the Martyrs and Confessors," Etc. 2
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Oxford ed.: Ep. xviii. a.d. 250. ↩
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"Concerning this also I wrote twice to the clergy, and commanded it to be read to them, that for the mitigation of their violence in any manner for the meantime, if any who had received a certificate from the martyrs were departing from this life, having made confession and received the hands imposed upon them for repentance, they should be remitted to the Lord with the peace promised them by the martyrs," etc. ↩
