Letter 1

Pacian of Barcelona (d. 391)

EXTANT WORKS

OF

S. PACIAN,

BISHOP OF BARCELONA.

EPISTLES TO SYMPRONIAN,

EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE,

ON BAPTISM.

EPISTLE I.

OF THE CATHOLIC NAME.

[Translated by the Rev. C. H. Collyns, M.A., Student of Christ Church.]

Variety of heresies united in the Cataphrygians. 320 --- No one convinced against his will; truth not to be blamed if it fail. 321 --- Value and antiquity of the name Catholic. 322 --- Penitence, a necessary , though sad, remedy. 323 --- Exhortations to penitence in O. and N. T. after great sin. 324 --- If Apostles only could absolve, they only could baptize. 325 --- All Apostolic functions descended to Bishops, so none defined. 326 --- Caution in giving absolution; it precludes not Judgment of Christ. 327

Pacian to Sympronian his brother, greeting.

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