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A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop

Anonymous

Section 9

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Author: Anonymous

9. What sort of folly is thine,

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Novatian

,

only

to

read

what

tends

to

the

destruction

of

salvation

,

and

to

pass

by

what

tends

to

mercy

,

when

Scripture

cries

,

and

says

,

“

Repent

,

ye

who

err

:

be

converted

in

heart

;

”

and

when

the

same

prophet

also

exhorts

,

and

says

,

“

Be

converted

unto

me

with

all

your

heart

,

in

fasting

,

and

weeping

,

and

mourning

;

and

rend

your

hearts

,

and

not

your

garments

;

be

ye

converted

to

the

Lord

your

God

:

for

He

is

merciful

,

and

one

who

pities

with

great

compassion

?

”

Notes

27
Ezek. xviii. 30.
28
Joel ii. 12, 13.