Well, they would see soon enough, but too late for them.

And I should see.

But I was ready.

And to their cries and lamentations would I arise, reborn and glorious, and take my well-earned and rightful place in the City of God.
At times, between dreams and visions in which I was verily and before my time in the City of God, I conned over in my mind old discussions and controversies.

Yes, Novatus was right in his contention that penitent apostates should never again be received into the churches.