Nilus of Ancyra→Romanus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Romanus the Bishop.
The ravings of the senseless and deranged Novatus [Novatian, mid-3rd-c. presbyter whose followers denied readmission to those who had lapsed], who dares to banish the repentance that saves, and who, on the pretext of despair, fearlessly heaps up sins; who call themselves pure [the Novatianists styled themselves Katharoi, 'the pure'] yet are found to be unclean in their conduct; and who, through their despair, drive into destruction those who are persuaded by them—these things we will not approve. On the contrary, we will both find fault with them and mock them, as men who hold opinions foreign to the apostolic canons.
The ravings of the senseless and deranged Novatus [Novatian, mid-3rd-c. presbyter whose followers denied readmission to those who had lapsed], who dares to banish the repentance that saves, and who, on the pretext of despair, fearlessly heaps up sins; who call themselves pure [the Novatianists styled themselves Katharoi, 'the pure'] yet are found to be unclean in their conduct; and who, through their despair, drive into destruction those who are persuaded by them—these things we will not approve. On the contrary, we will both find fault with them and mock them, as men who hold opinions foreign to the apostolic canons.
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