Jerome's Apology for Himself Against the Books of…
Jerome’s Apology for Himself Against the Books of Rufinus.
6. His followers object to me, (and
3. I will touch upon the other points, and set down the actual words of his letter:
6. Of the devil he thus frames his opinion:
8. But what follows about the condition of souls can by no means be excused. He says:
15. What your opinions are on the resurrection of the flesh, we have already learned from your Apology. “No member will be cut off, nor any part of the body destroyed.” This is the clear and open profession which you make in your innocence, and which you say is accepted by all the bishops of Italy. I should believe your statement, but that the matter of that book which is not Pamphilus’ makes me doubt about you. And I wonder that Italy should have approved what Rome rejected; that the bishops should have accepted what the Apostolic see condemned.