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euseb_n l._n 10._o c._n 5._o august_n ep._n 167._o ad_fw-la fest_n which_o st._n austin_n call_v a_o full_a and_o universal_a council_n because_o as_o eusebius_n assure_v we_o and_o after_o he_o that_o holy_a doctor_n there_o be_v there_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o bishop_n of_o all_o the_o province_n of_o the_o empire_n 11._o exit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mundi_fw-la partibus_fw-la &_o praecipue_fw-la gallicanis_fw-la council_n arelat_n 11._o ganls_n the_o legate_n of_o pope_n sylvester_n with_o the_o eighteen_o bishop_n who_o have_v be_v at_o the_o council_n of_o rome_n be_v present_a there_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o donatist_n be_v examine_v there_o afresh_o with_o the_o judgement_n which_o pope_n melchiade_n the_o predecessor_n of_o st._n sylvester_n have_v give_v against_o they_o and_o they_o be_v again_o condemn_v by_o a_o definitive_a sentence_n and_o without_o appeal_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a tribunal_n for_o the_o appeal_n which_o these_o schismatic_n who_o observe_v no_o measure_n bring_v to_o the_o tribunal_n of_o constantine_n 162._o august_n ep._n 162._o be_v most_o unjust_a as_o be_v frank_o acknowledge_v by_o that_o emperor_n who_o say_v that_o if_o he_o at_o length_n take_v cognizance_n of_o that_o cause_n to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o these_o heretic_n and_o arrest_v the_o course_n of_o their_o fury_n he_o humble_o beg_v pardon_v of_o the_o bishop_n who_o authority_n in_o what_o concern_v the_o spiritual_a he_o shall_v invade_v whereupon_o st._n austin_n answer_v the_o complaint_n that_o the_o donatist_n of_o his_o time_n always_o make_v of_o pope_n melchiade_n ibid._n quae_fw-la vox_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la malorum_fw-la litigatorum_fw-la cum_fw-la fuerint_fw-la etiam_fw-la manifestissimâ_fw-la veritate_fw-la superati_fw-la ibid._n as_o their_o ancestor_n have_v do_v jeer_v they_o pleasant_o say_v that_o they_o act_v like_o bad_a lawyer_n who_o have_v lose_v their_o cause_n blame_v their_o judge_n and_o complain_v to_o all_o 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