7. Schisma igitur illo tempore confusae mulieris iracundia
peperit; ambitus nutrivit; avaritia roboravit. Optatus, 1.
i. c. 19. The language of Purpurius is that of a furious
madman. Dicitur te necasse filios sororis tuae duos.
Purpurius respondit: Putas me terreri a te . . . occidi, et
occido eos qui contra me faciunt. Acta Concil. Cirtensis, ad
calc. Optat. p. 274. When Caccilian was invited to an
assembly of bishops, Purpurius said to his brethren, or
rather to his accomplices, "Let him come hither to receive
our imposition of hands, and we will break his head by way
of penance." Optat. 1. i. c. 19.