But this one thing was inhumane, and ought to be buried in eternal silence, namely, that he forbade teachers of rhetoric to practise their profession, if they were followers of the Christian religion.

Illud autem erat inclemens, obruendum perenni silentio, quod arcebat docere magistros rhetoricos et grammaticos, ritus Christiani cultores.

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