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| A criticism on Rufinus' Apology to Anastasius. His excuses for not coming to Rome are absurd. His parents are dead and the journey is easy. No one ever heard before of his being imprisoned or exiled for the faith.
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1. Thus far I have made
answer about my crimes, and indeed in defence of my crimes, which my
crafty encomiast formerly urged against me, and which his disciples
still constantly press. I have done so not as well as I ought but as I
was able, putting a check upon my complaints, for my object has been
not so much to accuse others as to defend myself. I will now come to
his Apology,3081
| 3081 See this Apology translated above. | by which he strives to justify
himself to Anastasius, Bishop of the City of Rome, and, in order to
defend himself, constructs a mass of calumnies against me. His love for
me is like that which a man who has been carried away by the tempest
and nearly drowned in deep water feels for the strong swimmer at whose
foot he clutches: he is determined that I shall sink or swim with
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