The Palestinian Bishops Agree

The bishops in Palestine whom we have just mentioned, Narcissus and Theophilus, and with them Cassius, bishop of the church at Tyre, and Clarus of the church at Ptolemais, together with those who met with them, set out at length the tradition about the Passover that had come down to them in succession from the apostles. At the end of their writing they add, in these very words: [a] “Try to send copies of our letter to every church, so that we may not be answerable for those who readily lead their own souls astray. We inform you that in Alexandria too they keep the feast on the same day as we do. For letters are carried from us to them and from them to us, so that we keep the holy day in agreement and together.” [b]