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To a bishop.<br />

Letter CCLXXXII. 3241<br />

You blame me for not inviting you; <strong>and</strong>, when invited, you do not attend. That your<br />

former excuse was an empty one is clear from your conduct on the second occasion. For<br />

had you been invited before, in all probability you would never have come.<br />

Act not again unadvisedly, but obey this present invitation; since you know that its repetition<br />

strengthens an indictment, <strong>and</strong> that a second lends credibility to a previous accusation.<br />

I exhort you always to bear with me; or even if you cannot, at any rate it is your duty<br />

not to neglect the Martyrs, to join in whose commemoration you are invited. Render<br />

therefore your service to us both; or if you will not consent to this, at any rate to the more<br />

worthy.<br />

3241 Placed in the episcopate.<br />

To a bishop.<br />

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