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have_v no_o less_o than_o fifty_o suffragan_n bishop_n in_o his_o province_n already_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o if_o we_o consider_v how_o far_o sasima_n be_v probable_o from_o caesarea_n we_o must_v conclude_v the_o diocese_n of_o basil_n out_o of_o which_o this_o be_v express_o say_v to_o be_v take_v to_o have_v be_v very_o large_a for_o that_o this_o place_n be_v at_o some_o good_a distance_n from_o basil_n we_o may_v perceive_v from_o nazianzen_n complaint_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v banish_v by_o this_o promotion_n into_o some_o remote_a place_n 2._o if_o any_o guess_n may_v be_v make_v by_o compare_v the_o itinerary_n from_o constantinople_n to_o jerusalem_n print_a â—â—th_n that_o of_o antonius_n with_o the_o tabulae_fw-la peuterigeranae_n itinerary_n apud_fw-la itinerarium_fw-la antonini_n sasus_n in_o finibus_fw-la ciliciae_n but_o this_o can_v be_v the_o same_o with_o sasime_n in_o the_o other_o itinerary_n the_o distance_n must_v be_v as_o great_a at_o 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he_o say_v basil_n have_v under_o he_o and_o no_o doubt_n he_o own_v he_o as_o metropolitan_a of_o the_o whole_a province_n and_o consider_v the_o extent_n of_o that_o country_n the_o diocese_n must_v needs_o be_v large_a for_o the_o country_n as_o strabo_n compute_v 12._o strab._n l._n 12._o be_v near_o four_o hundred_o mile_n in_o length_n and_o little_o less_o in_o breadth_n as_o causabon_n restore_v the_o read_n of_o one_o thousand_o eight_o hundred_o furlong_n in_o the_o twelve_o book_n by_o a_o passage_n in_o the_o second_o where_o the_o breadth_n be_v make_v two_o thousand_o eight_o hundred_o and_o in_o this_o compass_n bishop_n may_v contrive_v fifty_o diocese_n of_o very_o competent_a extent_n and_o not_o inferior_a to_o many_o of_o we_o basil_n write_v to_o the_o presbyteâ—â—_n of_o nicopolis_n salute_v the_o clergy_n of_o the_o city_n and_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o diocese_n and_o in_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o citizen_n of_o the_o same_o place_n 〈◊〉_d bas_n ep._n 592._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d desire_v they_o to_o show_v a_o good_a example_n of_o affection_n towards_o their_o new_a bishop_n to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o diocese_n 94._o ep._n 94._o and_o in_o another_o to_o the_o brethren_n of_o colonia_n whence_o euphronius_n be_v choose_v to_o nicopolis_n he_o tell_v they_o that_o he_o who_o be_v their_o chorepiscopus_n before_o may_v take_v care_n of_o they_o still_o and_o continue_v to_o be_v their_o bishop_n the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o epistle_n evasenis_fw-la ep._n 72._o evasenis_fw-la show_v that_o ancyra_n be_v a_o diocese_n of_o good_a extent_n for_o eustathius_n pass_v through_o the_o territory_n of_o that_o city_n be_v say_v to_o have_v overthrow_v the_o altar_n of_o basilides_n the_o bishop_n of_o it_o and_o to_o set_v up_o his_o own_o table_n which_o suppose_v several_a country_n church_n under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o that_o diocesan_n etc._n bas_n ep._n 406._o amphilochio_n sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la hâ—racleidae_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o last_o when_o basil_n direct_v amphilochius_n bishop_n of_o iconium_n to_o constitute_v bishop_n in_o the_o province_n of_o isauria_n which_o at_o that_o time_n be_v it_o seem_v destitute_a upon_o what_o occasion_n i_o know_v not_o he_o enter_v upon_o a_o comparison_n between_o the_o convenience_n of_o large_a and_o small_a diocese_n and_o debate_n for_o sometime_o whether_o it_o be_v best_a to_o ordain_v one_o bishop_n of_o the_o metropolis_n seleucia_n i_o suppose_v who_o shall_v take_v care_n of_o the_o whole_a province_n and_o ordain_v more_o bishop_n as_o he_o shall_v find_v expedient_a or_o else_o appoint_v a_o number_n of_o lesser_a bishop_n first_o and_o here_o he_o confess_v that_o if_o he_o can_v find_v one_o that_o will_v answer_v the_o character_n of_o st._n paul_n that_o be_v a_o workman_n who_o need_v not_o to_o be_v ashamed_a such_o a_o one_o will_v go_v a_o great_a way_n and_o be_v worth_a many_o little_a bishop_n will_v be_v of_o great_a use_n to_o the_o church_n and_o by_o that_o mean_v we_o may_v with_o less_o hazard_n undertake_v the_o care_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o province_n but_o if_o this_o can_v be_v do_v then_o let_v there_o be_v make_v bishop_n in_o the_o lesser_a city_n and_o village_n where_o there_o be_v bishop_n before_o and_o the_o matter_n be_v so_o order_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o principal_a city_n may_v not_o disturb_v we_o hereafter_o in_o point_n of_o ordination_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o isauria_n be_v then_o part_n of_o basils_n province_n and_o we_o may_v perceive_v the_o reason_n why_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o ordain_v the_o country_n bishop_n first_o to_o form_v a_o interest_n in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o to_o diminish_v the_o strength_n and_o power_n and_o to_o prevent_v the_o usurpation_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o chief_a city_n nor_o be_v these_o chorepiscopi_fw-la country_n bishop_n other_z than_o diocesan_n as_o to_o the_o extent_n of_o their_o church_n which_o consist_v of_o many_o congregation_n and_o those_o at_o a_o good_a distance_n one_o from_o the_o other_o for_o these_o be_v not_o as_o rector_n of_o a_o single_a parish_n but_o visitor_n of_o several_a church_n to_o the_o proportion_n it_o may_v be_v of_o our_o rural_a deanery_n though_o like_o they_o they_o be_v more_o immediate_o relate_v to_o a_o certain_a parish_n or_o town_n but_o their_o episcopacy_n be_v in_o relation_n to_o the_o association_n of_o several_a church_n so_o basil_n say_v he_o send_v to_o the_o chorepiscopus_n of_o those_o place_n not_o of_o one_o country_n town_n 355._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bas_n ep._n 355._o and_o therefore_o the_o council_n of_o laodicia_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d visitor_n and_o where_o city_n be_v not_o very_o thick_a some_o of_o they_o have_v the_o inspection_n of_o a_o large_a territory_n but_o yet_o these_o be_v but_o the_o deputy_n or_o surrogate_v of_o the_o city_n bishop_n in_o point_n of_o jurisdiction_n for_o they_o be_v to_o do_v nothing_o of_o moment_n without_o their_o bishop_n and_o several_a council_n provide_v against_o their_o usurpation_n basil_n who_o diocese_n and_o province_n we_o come_v from_o give_v a_o account_n of_o be_v so_o resolute_a upon_o his_o prerogative_n that_o he_o will_v not_o endure_v they_o shall_v ordain_v as_o much_o as_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n as_o deacon_n subdeacons_n reader_n and_o several_a other_o which_o the_o church_n of_o that_o time_n reckon_v among_o the_o clergy_n without_o his_o consent_n 181._o bas_n 181._o and_o if_o they_o do_v let_v they_o know_v say_v he_o that_o whosoever_o be_v admit_v without_o our_o consent_n shall_v be_v repute_v but_o a_o layman_n what_o will_v he_o have_v say_v if_o they_o have_v pretend_v to_o ordain_v presbyter_n or_o bishop_n in_o opposition_n to_o they_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n desire_v no_o more_o than_o s._n basil_n assume_v that_o none_o shall_v be_v repute_v priest_n