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These letters, taken as a whole, present a vivid and fascinating view of life in North Africa at the beginning of the fifth century. In addition to the comments about ecclesiastical and episcopal affairs, there are also letters on various threats to peace and security common in this period of the late empire, on slavery and the growth of the slave trade, and on Roman involvement in African...

do your bidding, to the best of my ability; may the Lord help me to do what you ask. When we speak of the approach of Easter, it is usual for us to say that the Lord’s Passion is tomorrow or the next day, although He suffered so many years ago, and the Passion itself happened once and for all. It is usual also for us to say of Easter Sunday: ‘Today the Lord has risen!’ although so many years have gone by since His Resurrection. No one would be so foolish as to accuse us of lying when we speak thus,
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