-- 37. To go on to what he says, "that a bishop should be teachable,'" [1562] adding, "But he is teachable who is gentle and meek to learn; for a bishop ought not only to teach, but to learn as well, since he is indeed the better teacher who daily grows a

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Footnotes:

[1562] "Docibilis;" and so the passage (2 Timothy 2:24) is quoted frequently by Augustin. The English version, "apt to teach," is more true to the original, didaktikos.

[1563] Cypr. Ep. 74. 10.

[1564] Cypr. Ep. 74. 10.

[1565] Ib. 11, and Ephesians 4:4-6.

[1566] 1 Corinthians 15:32.

[1567] 1 Corinthians 1:13.

[1568] 1 Corinthians 15:12.