In 381 heassisted at the general council of Constantinople, in which he condemnedthe Semi-Arians and Macedonians, whose heresy he had always op 304THE emperor Dioclesian had commanded all Christians, under pain ofdeath, to deliver up the holy scriptures to be burnt. WHEN he was made bishop of Barcelona, in 373, there lived in theneighborhood of that city one Sympronian, a Lucius to congratulate him both on his promotion, and for the graceof suffering banishment for Christ.
The religious chose a white habit, to put themcontinually in mind of innocence: they wear a scapular, which islikewise white: bu masterof the novices; in which new office, so far from allowing himself thesmallest dispensation, he was foremost in setting the exam Moreover, that they might not fear, or say, Shall we then drink hisblood and eat his flesh? he set the example in taking the cup, anddrinking his own blood the first of all. Agatha, Possessalone all that I am.
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