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Chapter XXII.

Niceas2610  2611 bishop of the city of Romatia, composed, in simple and clear language, six books of Instruction for neophites. The first of these contains, How candidates who seek to obtain grace of baptism ought to act, the second, On the errors of relationship, in which he relates that not far from his own time a certain Melodius, father of a family, on account of his liberality and Garadius 2612 a peasant, on account of his bravery, were placed, by the heathen, among the gods. A third book On faith in one sovereign, a fourth Against genealogy2613 a fifth On the creed, a sixth On the sacrifice of the paschal lamb. He addressed a work also To the fallen virgin, an incentive to amendment for all who have fallen.


Footnotes

390:2610

Nicetas Bishop of “Remessianen” or Romaciana or Remetiana in Dacia before 392, died after 414.

390:2611

T and 31 read Niceta or Nicetas, but other mss. Niceas and so Fabricius and Her.

390:2612

Garadius A T 31 a e; Gadarius 25 30 Her.

390:2613

Genealogy T 25 30 21; genethlogiam 31 a e.


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