Note 087
From Chapter 25 of the Decline & Fall

Facite me Romanae urbis episcopum, et ero protinus Christianus (Jerom, tom. ii. p. 165 [contra Joann. Ierosol. tom. ii. p. 415, ed. Vallars.]).

It is more than probable that Damasus would not have purchased his conversion at such a price.

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