Caesarius of Clermont
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(On the death of the Emperor Constantius the undisputed succession devolved on his cousin Julian the Apostate, who at once began to employ all the power of the Empire to discourage, while not absolutely persecuting, Christianity, and to restore the supremacy of the ancient Paganism. One of his first acts was to dismiss all the men who had held h...
(In a.d. 368 the City of Nicæa in Bithynia was almost entirely destroyed by a terrible earthquake. Cæsarius lost his house, and his personal escape was almost miraculous.
What I had hoped for on the basis of your reputation, I now confirm through the evidence of your letters.
Your last letter raised the question of how to handle clergy who prove, after ordination, to have misrepresented...
To my most holy brother Caesarius,
To the most holy Caesarius,
To my dear brother Caesarius,
To the most holy Caesarius, my dear brother,