CHAPTER LXVI

HOW HE ADJUSTED THE CONTROVERSIES WHICH HAD ARISEN IN AFRICA

“FINDING, then, that the whole of Africa was pervaded by an intolerable spirit of madness and folly, through the influence of those whose wanton temerity had presumed to rend the religion of the people into diverse sects; I was anxious to allay the virulence of this disorder, and could discover no other remedy equal to the occasion, except in sending some of yourselves to aid in restoring mutual harmony among the disputants, after I had removed that common enemy of mankind who had interposed his lawless sentence for the prohibition of your holy synods.