is unrecorded elsewhere.
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NOTES
1. There is much disagreement about the date. Kunzelmann suggests about 415, Poque after 410, Fischer after 420, Berrouard a little before 421, la Bonnardiere between 421 and 423; I follow her. The little concluding notice about the four Arians suggests this latest date; and so do a lot of small points of style, or lack of it.
2. It seems he starts quoting this psalm before realizing that it doesn't quite suit his purposes. So he switches quickly to another.
3. He will conclude the sermon by remarking how effective in producing this result his own severity had been. I wonder if he was aware of the irony—or perhaps the "sharp discipline" had been administered gently!
4. The stamp, the sacramental character—he uses the word caracterem. They were sealed with the stamp or character of Christ when they were baptized and confirmed. Confirmation especially is the sacrament that sets the seal, or stamp, or mark of Christ on the baptized.
5. From the disagreement among the scholars about the date, it is evident that this little incident is unrecorded elsewhere.