24/28 Rigalt.,) which is filled with the wildest fanaticism and the most incoherent declamation. It is, however, somewhat remarkable, that Tertullian did not suffer martyrdom himself.] [Footnote 101: The libellatici, who are chiefly known by the writings of Cyprian, are described with the utmost precision, in the copious commentary of Mosheim, p. 483--489.] [Footnote 101a: The penance was not so slight, for it was exactly the same with that of apostates who had sacrificed to idols; it lasted several years. |