Letter 48: ...For if today you could see bishops worthy of the Lord — Exsuperius in Toulouse, Simplicius in Vienne, Amandus in...
...For if today you could see bishops worthy of the Lord — Exsuperius in Toulouse, Simplicius in Vienne, Amandus in Bordeaux, Diogenianus in Albi, Dynamius in Angouleme, Venerandus in Clermont, Alethius in Cahors, or now Pegasius in Perigueux — however bad things may be in the world, you would see men who are the most worthy guardians of the entire faith and its practice...
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Latin / Greek Original
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* * * * si enim hodie uideas dignos domino sacerdotes uel
Exsuperium Tolosae uel Simplicium Viennae uel Amandum
1 saluabitur E Rostc . 3 aput 8 9 a om. ? Rosw . 10 filiae 11 et] ac
f Rosw . 14 merentur f Rosw . 16 numquam om . f Rosw . 20 con- .
scribtis a 21 eius om. R0stlJ . 24 necessarii gratiam sentientes
om. f Rosw . putauerunt f Rosw . 26 gratia-uuauime om. f Rosw .
— finit epsl paulini ad rufinum S .
Hocepistolaefragmentum ad editionem Gregorii Turon., quam inMonum.
G. H. Guil. Arndt instituit, repetitum est . 30 tholosae amando
Burdigalae uel Diogenianum Albigae uel Dynamium Ecolisnae
uel Venerandum Aruernis uel Alethium Cadurcis uel nunc Pegasium
Petrocoris, utcumque se habent saeculi mala, uidebis
profectu dignissimos totius fidei religionisque custodes. * * * *
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