56. Such a charge should not be lightly made; but it may
surely be justified by the authority of St. Augustin, who
thus addresses the Donatists: "Quis nostrum, quis vestrum
non laudat leges ab Imperatoribus datas adversus sacrificia
Paganorum? Et certe longe ibi poena severior constituta est;
illius quippe impietatis capitale supplicium est." Epist.
xciii. No. 10 [tom. ii. p. 308, ed. Bened. 1797], quoted by
Le Clerc (Bibliotheque Choisie, tom. viii. p. 277), who adds
some judicious reflections on the intolerance of the
victorious Christians.