History of the Donatists

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1875. Not illustrated. ... NOTES OF HISTORY OF THE DONATISTS. CHAPTER I. 1. This is an expartc story, and very doubtful. 2, The Latin tradltor and the English traitor have the same meanin;;; the Latin term above is well defined as then used. But in this wholo history we shall find the Donatists very often apply the terra to their oppohents in a more extended sense. "Our traitors and persecutors " was with them a very common expression. Traditores perKCUtorcsquc nostri was their language. 8. The amount was four hundred folcs. Every foles contained one hundred and twenty-five pieces of silver, and the whole sum may be computed at about two thousand four hundred pounds sterling. Gibbon's Decline and Fall, Vol. 1, page 314. Note. Harpers'Ed. 4. Gibbon's Decline and Fall, Vol. 1, pp. 486-487. 5. Nullo modo se communi