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- ↑ Erika Hermanowicz, Possidius of Calama: A Study of the North African Episcopate in the Age of Augustine (Oxford University Press, 2008) p142.
- ↑ E. M. Atkins, Robert Dodaro, Augustine: Political Writings (Cambridge University Press, 2001) p241.
- ↑ J. Patout Burns, Robin M. Jensen, Christianity in Roman Africa: The Development of Its Practices and Beliefs (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2014)p234.
- ↑ Erika Hermanowicz, Possidius of Calama: A Study of the North African Episcopate in the Age of Augustine [Oxford University Press|OUP Oxford], 2008) p149.
- ↑ Edward Ambrose Burgis, The annals of the Church [by E.A. Burgis p306.
- ↑ Nicene and Ante-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XIV.
- ↑ John E. Rotelle, The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century (New City Press, 2001 ) p262.