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?
Background: In what precedes,...
canum custodia… et custodum vigilantia contestatur
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?
Background: In what precedes,...
canum custodia… et custodum vigilantia contestatur