8. The councils of Arles, of Nice, and of Trent, confirmed
the wise and moderate practice of the church of Rome. The
Donatists, however, had the advantage of maintaining the
sentiment of Cyprian, and of a considerable part of the
primitive church. Vincentius Lirinensis (p. 332, ap.
Tillemont, Mem. Eccles. tom. vi. p. 138) has explained why
the Donatists are eternally burning with the Devil, while
St. Cyprian reigns in heaven with Jesus Christ.