# Letter 93 defends imperial penalties against Donatists and cites 'compel them to come in'

Date: 408

## The fact

Letter 93, as later English prints it, defends the use of imperial fines and pressure against Donatists and cites Luke 14's 'compel them to come in'. He had earlier preferred argument; this file records the change. Unique body counts are not supplied. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: He wrote the letter to Vincentius. Imperial officers applied fines and exile. He did not command the army. He asked that Donatists not be executed in neighbouring letters.

## Context

Vincentius the Rogatist is the named addressee. Sharing coercion with Honorius' officers is required. The 411 Carthage conference is a neighbouring imperial instrument. Confessions is a different book. Philippe de Champaigne's later canvas is not this letter. The setting of Letter 93 defends imperial penalties against Donatists and cites 'compel them to come in' is the public file around 0408-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [protection-of-minority-rights](/drivers/protection-of-minority-rights) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

The attached driver is protection-of-minority-rights. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: New Advent — Augustine, Letter 93 at https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102093.htm (New Advent / translated Fathers). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: New Advent — Augustine, Letter 93 (https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102093.htm; New Advent / translated Fathers). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Official or archival record: New Advent — Augustine, Letter 93 (https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102093.htm; New Advent / translated Fathers).

## Significance

Worsening path from Letter 93 defends imperial penalties against Donatists and cites 'compel them to come in' on 0408-01-01. A bishop's public defence of civil coercion of a rival church is a minority-rights harm path of high weight. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Shared responsibility is part of Letter 93 defends imperial penalties against Donatists and cites 'compel them to come in'. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0408-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Letter 93 defends imperial penalties against Donatists and cites 'compel them to come in' under 0408-01-01 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of Letter 93 defends imperial penalties against Donatists and cites 'compel them to come in' under 0408-01-01.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Year-level 408 conventional. NPNF/New Advent are carriers, not 408 typesetting. Do not twin with the 411 conference as a second letter. Mixed effects of Letter 93 defends imperial penalties against Donatists and cites 'compel them to come in' are separate paths.

## People

- Augustine Of Hippo: https://factrail.ai/people/augustine-of-hippo

## Drivers

- Protection of Minority Rights: https://factrail.ai/drivers/protection-of-minority-rights

## Sources

- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/
- https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102093.htm

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/au-letter-93