Cerealis the Bishop

Cerealis the bishop, an African by birth, was asked by Maximus, bishop of the Arians, whether he could establish the catholic faith by a few testimonies of Divine Scripture and without any argued assertions. He did so in the name of the Lord, with truth itself helping him: not with a few testimonies, as Maximus had mockingly asked, but by abundant proof texts from both the Old and the New Testaments, and he published them in a little book. [a]