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42 Eph. v. 27. Cp. Aug. Retract. ii. 18, quoted above, I. 17, 26.
49 In this and the following chapter, Augustin is examining the seventy-first epistle of Cyprian to his brother Quintas, bishop in Mauritania. Here LXXI. 1.
50 Apud veteres haereses et schismata prima adhuc fuisse initia; that among the ancients heresies and schisms were yet in their very infancy. Benedictines suggest: "haeresis et schismatum." Hartel reads: apud veteres haereseos et schismatum prima adhuc fuerint initia.
57 In this and the next two chapters Augustin is examining the seventieth epistle of Cyprian, from himself and thirty other bishops (text of Hartel), to Januarius, Saturninus, Maximus, and fifteen others.
58 In the question, "Dost thou believe in eternal life and remission of sins through the holy Church?" Cyp. l.c. 2.
74 Cypr. Ep.lxxiv., which is examined by Augustin in the remaining chapters of this book.
85 Cyprian, in the laying on of hands, appears to refer to confirmation, but Augustin interprets it of the restoration of penitents. Cp. III. 16, 21.