The Work of St. Optatus, Bishop of Milevis, Against the Donatists
Translated by O. R. Vassall-Phillips
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The opening
BOOK THE FIRST
WHO WERE THE BETRAYERS AT THE TlME OF THE PERSECUTION. THE CAUSES OF THE SCHISM. WHERE AND BY WHOM THE SCHISM WAS MADE.
ONE Faith, most honoured brethren, commends us all, who are Christians, to the keeping of Almighty God. To this Faith it appertains to believe that the Son of God, the Lord, shall come to judge the world — that He, who has already come, has been born, according to His Human Nature, through Mary a Virgin, that He has suffered, died, and (after having been buried) has risen from the grave.
Also, before ascending to Heaven, whence He had descended, He left behind, through His Apostles, as His parting gift, to all Christians, Peace.
And, lest it should seem that to His Apostles only He had left this Peace, He said: ‘That which I say to you, I say to all.’ And He also said: ‘My peace I give unto you, My peace I leave unto you.-
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- The words
- O. R. Vassall-Phillips's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 21 places
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 8 places
- Printer's signature at foot of page (10 blocks)
- Library stamps and barcode on the scanned copy (University of Toronto Library) (2 blocks)
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 3 places
- Ecclesiastical approbation (Nihil Obstat, Imprimatur, Imprimi potest, 1917) (8 blocks)
- A preface, foreword or afterword, in 5 places
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- Marginal chapter summary (Du Pin's) (90 blocks)
- Marginal chapter summary (Du Pin's) and duplicate upper-half OCR slice of body word
- The index