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canum custodia… et custodum vigilantia contestatur

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This comes from Contra Paganos by Maximus of Turin, a Latin Church father (c. late 4th-early 5th century). This treatise is written against polytheism and determinism of the heathen.

Question: a) Are custodia and vigilantia subjects of contestatur? If so, why is contestatur singular? b) What other meanings of custodia and vigilantia could possibly work to make a better sense out of this sentence?

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