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Handout #56 |
From Constantine to Anulinus, Proconsul of Africa at Carthage |
| So in the province entrusted to you in the catholic church over which Caecilian presides, I desire those who give their services to these sacred observances the people commonly known as clergymen-once and for all to be kept entirely free from all public duties. This will ensure that by no error or sacrilegious fall from grace will they be drawn away from the worship owed to the Godhead, rather will they be completely free to serve their own law at all times. In thus rendering wholehearted service to the Deity, it is evident that they will be making an immense contribution to the welfare of the community. Eusebius of Caesarea Ecclesiastical History, X, 7. |
