In this book Augustin refutes the second letter which Petilianus wrote to him after having

In this book Augustin refutes the second letter [2319] which Petilianus wrote to him after having seen the first of Augustin's earlier books. This letter had been full of violent language; and Augustin rather shows that the arguments of Petilianus had been deficient and irrelevant, than brings forward arguments in support of his own statements.