▁was ▁consec r ated ▁as ▁bishop ▁by ▁a ▁trad ito , ▁Bishop ▁Felix ▁of ▁A pt ung a . ▁ ▁The ▁issue ▁was ▁complicated ▁because ▁there ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁only ▁Catholic ▁b ish ops ▁who ▁were ▁sus pected ▁of ▁being ▁trad itor es ; ▁some ▁Don at ist ▁b ish ops ▁were ▁also ▁sus pected ▁of ▁the ▁same , ▁in ▁contradiction ▁to ▁their ▁sect ' s ▁basic ▁teaching . ▁Further , ▁b ish ops ▁sus pected ▁of ▁being ▁trad itor es ▁refused ▁to ▁be ▁challeng ed . ▁ ▁Don atus ▁succeeded ▁in ▁expand ing ▁the ▁Don at ist ▁sect ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁lack ▁of ▁success ▁in ▁removing ▁Ca ec ilian ▁from ▁office , ▁in ▁large ▁part ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁un pop ular ity ▁of ▁Ca ec ilian ▁and ▁the ▁Roman ▁administration ▁- ▁particularly ▁amongst ▁the ▁rural ▁population . ▁ ▁Don at ist ▁pri ests ▁and ▁b ish ops ▁were ▁much ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁rural ▁agricult ural ▁population ▁which ▁consisted ▁of ▁Roman ▁far mers ▁and ▁the ▁Ber ber ▁and ▁Pho en ician ▁descend ants ▁of ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁people ▁who ▁lived ▁there ▁before ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁conquer ed ▁North ▁Africa . ▁ ▁Most ▁Don at ist ▁cler gy ▁in ▁rural ▁Num idia ▁spoke ▁the ▁vern ac ular ▁languages ▁( Lib yan ▁or ▁P unic ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Latin , ▁whereas ▁the ▁Catholic ▁cler gy ▁usually ▁spoke ▁only ▁Latin . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Dioc let ian ic ▁Per sec ution ▁in ▁Car th age ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁many ▁who ▁were ▁imprison ed ,