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the_o title_n of_o ordo_fw-la provincialis_fw-la of_o which_o i_o must_v give_v a_o more_o particular_a account_n hereafter_o and_o for_o the_o testimony_n of_o sozomen_n it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o he_o mention_n the_o ordain_v of_o bishop_n in_o arabia_n and_o in_o cyprus_n as_o a_o thing_n unusual_a and_o of_o rare_a example_n because_o he_o compare_v it_o with_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o scythian_n who_o have_v but_o one_o bishop_n for_o a_o nation_n though_o they_o have_v many_o city_n but_o let_v we_o leave_v this_o wild_a country_n and_o follow_v our_o author_n whither_o he_o be_v please_v to_o lead_v 22._o lead_v prim._n ep._n p._n 21_o 22._o in_o syria_n theodoret_n tell_v we_o of_o paul_n a_o confessor_n in_o the_o persecution_n by_o licinius_n one_o of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o nice_a and_o bishop_n of_o neocaesarea_n which_o he_o say_v be_v a_o castle_n or_o a_o fort_n near_o euphrates_n why_o this_o place_n shall_v be_v reckon_v among_o 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say_v that_o holy_a bishop_n 159._o bishop_n aug._n ep_v ad_fw-la marcellin_n 159._o bened._n 159._o germanicenses_n ad_fw-la curam_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la pertinent_a aug._n ep_v 251._o ed._n bened._n or_o that_o i_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o pass_v the_o bound_n of_o my_o own_o dispensation_n this_o will_v be_v most_o advantageous_a to_o the_o church_n of_o the_o diocese_n of_o hippo._n and_o speak_v of_o a_o place_n call_v germanicia_n in_o that_o diocese_n affirm_v e_o that_o it_o belong_v to_o his_o care_n and_o in_o another_o place_n that_o 236._o that_o visitandarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ad_fw-la meam_fw-la curam_fw-la pertinentium_fw-la necessitate_v profectus_fw-la sum_fw-la vide_fw-la ep_n 74_o 212_o 236._o he_o have_v church_n under_o his_o care_n which_o he_o be_v oblige_v to_o visit_v to_o diminish_v this_o bishopric_n of_o hippo_n yet_o far_o mr._n clerkson_n show_v that_o st._n austin_n be_v so_o far_o from_o have_v all_o the_o region_n under_o his_o jurisdiction_n that_o he_o have_v not_o the_o whole_a town_n the_o donatist_n have_v a_o bishop_n there_o this_o indeed_o be_v true_a of_o the_o former_a part_n of_o st._n augustin_n episcopal_a administration_n but_o after_o the_o imperial_a rescript_n which_o follow_v the_o conference_n at_o carthage_n hippo_n have_v no_o donatist_n for_o all_o return_v to_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n for_o so_o i_o think_v st._n austin_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o vincentius_n may_v most_o commodious_o be_v understand_v where_o speak_v of_o his_o former_a opinion_n which_o be_v against_o use_v any_o compulsion_n for_o reduce_v man_n to_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n he_o confess_v that_o experience_n have_v alter_v his_o judgement_n in_o that_o point_n 48._o point_n aug._n ep_v 48._o the_o instance_n of_o my_o own_o city_n be_v urge_v against_o i_o which_o be_v once_o whole_o donatist_n but_o now_o convert_v to_o catholic_n unity_n by_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o imperial_a law_n which_o now_o so_o utter_o detest_v your_o pernicious_a animosity_n that_o she_o may_v seem_v never_o to_o have_v be_v infect_v with_o it_o so_o that_o after_o all_o these_o exception_n st._n augustine_n diocese_n remain_v undiminish_a caesarea_n in_o cappadocia_n have_v a_o diocese_n of_o so_o vast_a extent_n that_o few_o of_o our_o northern_a bishopric_n can_v equal_v it_o for_o basil_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o city_n have_v sva_fw-la have_v greg._n naz._n carm._n de_fw-fr viti_fw-la sva_fw-la fifty_o chorepiscopi_fw-la in_o his_o diocese_n who_o be_v his_o deputy_n for_o the_o administration_n of_o discipline_n in_o lesser_a cause_n in_o the_o remote_a part_n of_o his_o diocese_n cappadocia_n be_v 12._o be_v strab._n l._n 12._o about_o four_o hundred_o mile_n in_o length_n according_a to_o strabo_n and_o above_o two_o hundred_o in_o breadth_n caesarea_n be_v place_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o this_o great_a country_n and_o be_v at_o first_o the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o whole_a and_o when_o the_o country_n be_v divide_v into_o two_o province_n the_o great_a share_n remain_v under_o the_o ancient_a and_o great_a metropolis_n yet_o in_o this_o tract_n which_o can_v be_v conceive_v less_o than_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o mile_n there_o be_v but_o leon._n but_o colligere_fw-la feci_fw-la episcopos_fw-la sub_fw-la i_o constitutos_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la duo_fw-la ep._n capp_n pr._n ad_fw-la leon._n two_o bishopric_n beside_o that_o of_o caesarea_n i._n e._n thermae_n and_o nyssa_n basil_n 264._o basil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bas_n ep_v 264._o excuse_v himself_o to_o eusebius_n bishop_n of_o samosata_n for_o not_o write_v to_o he_o by_o some_o great_a person_n who_o have_v be_v in_o caesarea_n because_o he_o be_v then_o upon_o his_o visitation_n and_o in_o another_o place_n speak_v of_o a_o country_n parish_n of_o his_o diocese_n call_v venesa_n where_o he_o ordain_v one_o glycerius_n a_o deacon_n to_o assist_v 412._o assist_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep_v 412._o the_o presbyter_n of_o that_o parish_n and_o he_o reprove_v the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la of_o his_o diocese_n for_o suffer_v the_o presbyter_n of_o country_n parish_n to_o make_v what_o inferior_a church-officer_n they_o please_v and_o therefore_o order_v 181._o order_v ep._n 181._o a_o list_n of_o all_o the_o inferior_a officer_n of_o country_n church_n to_o be_v bring_v to_o he_o and_o that_o none_o be_v make_v thereafter_o without_o his_o consent_n there_o be_v likewise_o another_o village_n call_v dacora_n mention_v by_o sozomen_n 27._o sozomen_n soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 27._o in_o the_o territory_n of_o caesarea_n where_o eunomius_n 10._o eunomius_n philostorg_n l._n 10._o be_v bear_v and_o bury_v and_o julian_n order_v 4._o order_v soz._n l._n 5._o c._n 4._o a_o search_n to_o be_v make_v for_o all_o the_o good_n not_o only_o of_o the_o church_n in_o caesarea_n but_o of_o all_o the_o church_n of_o the_o diocese_n tyana_n the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o second_o cappadocia_n have_v a_o considerable_a diocese_n belong_v to_o it_o euphrantas_n bishop_n of_o that_o city_n mention_n 5._o mention_n praedium_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la pasa_n duodecim_fw-la milliarijs_fw-la distat_fw-la tyanensis_fw-la metropoleos_n &_o sub_fw-la eadem_fw-la civitate_fw-la est_fw-la usque_fw-la hodie_fw-la ap._n conc._n c._n p._n 2._o coll._n 5._o one_o george_n of_o pasa_n who_o live_v in_o gregory_n nazianzen_n time_n and_o note_n that_o pasa_n be_v a_o country_n place_n twelve_o mile_n from_o tyana_n and_o belong_v to_o that_o city_n say_v he_o to_o this_o very_a day_n but_o this_o diocese_n must_v be_v much_o more_o considerable_a than_o this_o passage_n speak_v as_o well_o as_o the_o rest_n of_o cappadocia_n the_o whole_a country_n as_o i_o note_v before_o be_v about_o four_o hundred_o mile_n in_o length_n and_o two_o in_o breadth_n which_o make_v a_o sum_n of_o eight_o hundred_o square_a mile_n now_o in_o all_o the_o country_n there_o be_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o five_o age_n but_o eleven_o bishopric_n and_o then_o it_o be_v all_o christian_n so_o that_o every_o bishop_n one_o with_o another_o may_v have_v a_o diocese_n that_o want_v not_o much_o of_o a_o hundred_o mile_n square_a which_o can_v be_v match_v by_o but_o few_o in_o our_o country_n beside_o lincoln_n but_o because_o the_o division_n of_o dioceses_n be_v general_o unequal_a as_o the_o territory_n of_o city_n be_v some_o of_o these_o will_v fall_v out_o to_o be_v vast_o great_a and_z other_o but_o of_o moderate_a extent_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o place_n for_o suspicion_n that_o bishopric_n be_v sink_v or_o unite_v in_o this_o country_n for_o it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o that_o that_o several_a of_o these_o few_o be_v erect_v in_o the_o four_o century_n sasima_n be_v make_v a_o bishopric_n by_o basil_n which_o before_o belong_v to_o caesarea_n or_o tyana_n for_o gregory_n expression_n be_v ambiguous_a from_o tyana_n it_o be_v two_o and_o thirty_o mile_n distant_a from_o caesarea_n above_o a_o hundred_o and_o upon_o second_o thought_n it_o seem_v to_o i_o rather_o to_o belong_v to_o the_o first_o for_o it_o be_v near_o to_o it_o and_o within_o its_o province_n and_o give_v up_o by_o basil_n who_o desire_v 88_o desire_v bas_n ep_v 88_o anthimus_n the_o new_a metropolitan_a to_o take_v care_n of_o it_o nazianzus_n too_o be_v a_o bishopric_n raise_v in_o the_o four_o century_n as_o we_o may_v learn_v from_o nazianzen_n patr._n nazianzen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n naz._n or._n 19_o in_o patr._n who_o say_v that_o the_o place_n have_v but_o one_o bishop_n before_o his_o father_n in_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n one_o john_n subscribe_v 28._o subscribe_v johannes_n episc_n totius_fw-la lesbi_n iren._n trage_v contest_v quorund_fw-mi ep._n sub_fw-la 28._o himself_o bishop_n of_o all_o lesbus_n the_o island_n according_a to_o strabo_n 13._o strabo_n strab._n l._n 13._o be_v eleven_o hundred_o furlong_n which_o want_v not_o much_o of_o seven_o score_n mile_n in_o compass_n nor_o have_v this_o bishop_n sum_v up_o all_o his_o title_n for_o his_o successor_n florentius_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n write_v 1â—_n write_v florentius_n episcopus_fw-la lesbi_n tenedi_n prosilenes_n aegialorum_n per_fw-la euelpistum_fw-la chorepiscopum_fw-la subscripsi_fw-la conc._n chalc._n act._n 1â—_n himself_o bishop_n of_o several_a other_o island_n now_o if_o one_o city_n can_v have_v territory_n enough_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o congregational_a antiquary_n to_o make_v a_o large_a diocese_n two_o ancient_a city_n with_o their_o territory_n may_v sure_o yield_v a_o diocese_n of_o many_o congregation_n and_o in_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n 1._o ephesus_n conc._n eph._n par_fw-fr 2._o act._n 1._o there_o be_v several_a bishop_n who_o have_v two_o city_n within_o their_o diocese_n timothy_n be_v bishop_n of_o fermissus_n and_o eudocias_n athanasius_n be_v bishop_n of_o diveltus_n and_o sozopolis_n and_o in_o europa_n there_o be_v many_o instance_n of_o this_o nature_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o province_n