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the_o stir_n at_o alexandria_n between_o the_o christian_n and_o the_o jew_n of_o the_o contention_n between_o cyrillus_n the_o bishop_n and_o orestes_n the_o lieutenant_n about_o that_o time_n the_o jews_n be_v banish_v alexandria_n by_o cyrillus_n the_o bishop_n upon_o such_o a_o occasion_n as_o follow_v the_o people_n of_o alexandria_n above_o all_o other_o man_n be_v prone_a to_o schism_n and_o contention_n for_o if_o that_o any_o quarrel_n at_o any_o time_n rise_v among_o they_o immediate_o heinous_a &_o horrible_a offence_n be_v wont_a to_o ensue_v the_o tumult_n be_v never_o appease_v without_o great_a bloodeshede_v it_o fall_v out_o that_o y_fw-es â—_o great_a throng_n and_o multitude_n of_o people_n contend_v among_o themselves_o not_o about_o any_o satturdaye_n necessary_a matter_n but_o who_o coalde_v approach_v nearest_o unto_o the_o dancer_n which_o lewd_a custom_n be_v now_o creep_v into_o all_o city_n for_o a_o great_a multitude_n assemble_v together_o on_o y_fw-fr â—_o 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clergy_n &_o we_o the_o laity_n of_o the_o communion_n refer_v unto_o god_n alone_o y_o â—_o power_n of_o remit_v their_o sin_n the_o same_o atticus_n have_v the_o foreknowledge_n of_o his_o death_n for_o take_v his_o leave_n of_o nice_a he_o say_v unto_o calliopius_n the_o minister_n of_o that_o church_n make_v haste_n to_o constantinople_n before_o autumn_n that_o thou_o may_v again_o see_v i_o alive_a for_o if_o thou_o linger_v &_o make_v delay_n thou_o shall_v see_v i_o no_o more_o in_o this_o world_n in_o utter_v these_o word_n he_o hit_v the_o truth_n on_o the_o head_n for_o he_o depart_v this_o life_n the_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o his_o consecration_n the_o ten_o of_o october_n in_o the_o eleven_o consulship_n of_o theodosius_n and_o the_o first_o of_o valentinianus_n caesar_n theodosius_n the_o emperor_n return_v from_o thessalonica_n come_v short_a to_o his_o funeral_n for_o atticus_n be_v bury_v the_o day_n before_o the_o come_n of_o the_o emperor_n into_o constantinople_n short_o after_o the_o creation_n of_o valentinianus_n the_o young_a be_v proclaim_v to_o wit_v the_o three_o and_o twenty_o day_n of_o the_o same_o month_n cap._n xxvi_o of_o sisinius_n the_o successor_n of_o atticus_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o constantinople_n after_o the_o disease_n of_o atticus_n there_o be_v great_a contention_n in_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n about_o the_o election_n of_o a_o bishop_n â–ª_o for_o some_o will_v have_v philip_n a_o minister_n some_o other_o proclus_n who_o also_o be_v a_o minister_n prefer_v to_o the_o room_n but_o all_o the_o people_n with_o uniform_a consent_n desire_v sisinius_n he_o be_v like_o wise_a a_o priest_n not_o of_o any_o of_o the_o church_n within_o the_o wall_n of_o constantinople_n but_o of_o elae_n a_o church_n in_o the_o suburb_n over_o against_o the_o city_n where_o all_o the_o people_n of_o constantinople_n be_v wont_a to_o celebrate_v the_o feast_n of_o our_o saviour_n ascension_n all_o the_o laytye_n labour_v by_o all_o mean_n to_o have_v he_o to_o their_o bishop_n partly_o because_o he_o be_v count_v a_o very_a godly_a man_n &_o partly_o also_o for_o that_o he_o endeavour_v to_o relieve_v the_o poor_a beyond_o the_o reach_n of_o his_o substance_n to_o be_v short_a the_o laity_n get_v the_o upper_a hand_n and_o sisinius_n be_v consecrate_v the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o of_o february_n in_o the_o twelse_a consulship_n of_o theodosius_n and_o the_o second_o of_o valentinianus_n augustus_n the_o young_a philip_n the_o minister_n see_v that_o sisinius_n be_v prefer_v before_o he_o stomach_v the_o matter_n wonderful_o and_o invey_v bitter_o against_o his_o consecration_n in_o the_o work_n which_o he_o write_v and_o entitle_v the_o christian_a history_n while_o he_o invey_v against_o sisinius_n that_o be_v consecrate_v against_o the_o bishop_n who_o be_v consecrator_n and_o especial_o against_o the_o laytye_n who_o be_v elector_n he_o write_v such_o thing_n as_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o report_v for_o i_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o blame_v he_o great_o that_o ever_o he_o dare_v be_v so_o bold_a to_o lay_v down_o so_o rash_a and_o unaduised_a reason_n yet_o in_o my_o opinion_n it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o present_o to_o say_v somewhat_o of_o he_o cap._n xxvii_n of_o philip_n a_o priest_n breed_v and_o bring_v up_o in_o sida_n philip_n of_o who_o we_o speak_v before_o be_v bear_v at_o sida_n a_o city_n in_o pamphilia_n where_o also_o trophilus_n the_o sophist_n have_v his_o original_n of_o who_o philip_n boast_v not_o a_o little_a that_o he_o be_v his_o kinsman_n this_o philip_n be_v a_o deacon_n and_o of_o great_a familiarity_n with_o john_n the_o bishop_n be_v as_o it_o be_v drive_v to_o bestow_v great_a labour_n and_o diligence_n in_o the_o study_n of_o good_a learning_n so_o that_o he_o write_v many_o book_n of_o diverse_a sort_n his_o stile_n be_v asiaticall_a proud_a and_o lofty_a and_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v confute_v the_o work_n of_o luhan_o the_o emperor_n he_o compile_v a_o volume_n and_o entitle_v it_o the_o christian_a history_n the_o which_o he_o divide_v into_o six_o and_o thirty_o book_n every_o book_n have_v sundry_a tome_n the_o number_n of_o all_o mount_v very_o nigh_o to_o a_o thousand_o the_o argument_n prefix_v to_o every_o one_o be_v in_o manner_n as_o big_a as_o the_o tome_n itself_o this_o work_n he_o entitle_v not_o the_o ecclesiastical_a but_o the_o christian_a history_n where_o he_o patch_v together_o many_o matter_n for_o to_o let_v the_o world_n understand_v that_o he_o be_v see_v in_o philosophy_n wherefore_o he_o allege_v very_o oft_o precept_n and_o rule_n of_o geometry_n astronomy_n arithmetic_n &_o music_n moreover_o he_o describe_v isle_n mountain_n tree_n with_o other_o thing_n of_o small_a importance_n so_o that_o it_o grow_v to_o a_o huge_a volume_n full_a of_o bombast_n and_o vain_a ostentation_n in_o my_o simple_a judgement_n it_o be_v a_o work_n that_o be_v prositable_a neither_o for_o the_o 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vain_a glorious_a person_n to_o choose_v none_o of_o that_o church_n to_o be_v bishop_n though_o many_o make_v suit_n for_o philip_n and_o many_o again_o for_o proclus_n but_o determine_v with_o himself_o to_o send_v for_o a_o strange_a out_o of_o antioch_n there_o be_v in_o those_o day_n there_o a_o man_n who_o name_n be_v nestorius_n by_o birth_n he_o be_v a_o german_a a_o loud_a voice_n he_o have_v and_o a_o eloquent_a tongue_n and_o therefore_o as_o it_o be_v think_v a_o fit_a man_n to_o preach_v unto_o the_o people_n they_o put_v their_o head_n together_o they_o send_v for_o nestorius_n and_o bring_v he_o from_o antioch_n to_o constantinople_n three_o month_n after_o who_o though_o his_o temperance_n be_v high_o commend_v of_o many_o yet_o the_o wise_a sort_n and_o sage_a people_n perceave_v well_o enough_o his_o other_o condition_n when_o he_o first_o begin_v to_o preach_v for_o immediate_o after_o his_o
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assemble_v together_o several_o by_o themselves_o and_o depose_v cyrillus_n and_o memnon_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n short_o after_o john_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n be_v come_v who_o understand_v of_o all_o circumstance_n blame_v cyrillus_n great_o as_o the_o author_n of_o all_o that_o stir_n and_o because_o that_o upon_o a_o head_n he_o have_v so_o soon_o depose_v nestorius_n cyrillus_n take_v iwenalis_n on_o his_o side_n for_o to_o revenge_v he_o of_o john_n depose_v he_o also_o when_o the_o contention_n grow_v to_o be_v very_o trouble_v some_o when_o also_o nestorius_n perceave_v that_o the_o poison_a infection_n of_o discord_n be_v scatter_v far_o and_o nigh_o among_o the_o common_a â—orte_n of_o people_n he_o as_o it_o be_v recant_v his_o folly_n call_v marie_n the_o mother_n of_o god_n his_o word_n be_v these_o let_v marie_n be_v call_v the_o mother_n of_o god_n and_o i_o pray_v you_o conceive_v no_o long_o displeasure_n but_o no_o man_n think_v that_o he_o speak_v this_o and_o repent_v from_o the_o hart_n therefore_o as_o yet_o he_o dwell_v in_o oasis_n both_o depose_v of_o his_o bishopric_n and_o banish_v his_o country_n thus_o be_v the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n at_o that_o time_n break_v up_o it_o be_v in_o the_o consulship_n of_o bassus_n and_o antiochus_n the_o eight_o and_o twenty_v of_o june_n john_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n after_o his_o return_n unto_o his_o proper_a seae_n call_v many_o bishop_n together_o and_o depose_a cyrillus_n who_o now_o be_v go_v to_o alexandria_n short_o after_o for_o all_o that_o they_o lay_v aside_o all_o spite_n grudge_n and_o enmity_n they_o become_v friend_n and_o restore_v each_o to_o other_o their_o bishopricke_n again_o after_o the_o deposition_n of_o nestorius_n there_o rise_v a_o great_a schism_n in_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n for_o the_o vain_a and_o foolish_a doctrine_n of_o nestorius_n part_v the_o people_n asunder_o all_o the_o elergie_n with_o uniform_a consent_n accurse_v he_o open_o for_o so_o we_o christian_n do_v call_v the_o sentence_n which_o we_o pronounce_v against_o the_o author_n of_o blasphemy_n whereby_o we_o mind_n to_o make_v it_o so_o manifest_a unto_o the_o world_n as_o if_o it_o be_v engrave_v in_o a_o table_n and_o nail_v to_o a_o open_a post_n cap._n xxxiiii_o greek_a how_o that_o after_o the_o deposition_n of_o nestorius_n maximianus_n be_v choose_v bishop_n of_o constantinople_n at_o constantinople_n there_o rise_v a_o other_o schism_n about_o the_o election_n of_o a_o bishop_n â–ª_o for_o some_o â—35_n will_v have_v philip_n of_o who_o i_o speak_v a_o little_a before_o some_o other_o will_v have_v proclus_n choose_v bishop_n proclus_n very_o have_v prevail_v have_v not_o some_o of_o great_a authority_n be_v his_o back_n friend_n and_o signify_v plain_o that_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n forbid_v any_o shall_v be_v nominate_v bishop_n of_o one_o city_n and_o translate_v to_o a_o other_o â–ª_o the_o which_o saying_n be_v allege_v be_v of_o such_o 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whereof_o he_o be_v appoint_v bishop_n but_o approve_v whatsoever_o the_o provincial_a council_n shall_v determine_v of_o the_o matter_n call_v in_o controversy_n these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o canon_n but_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v more_o evident_o that_o many_o bishop_n be_v translate_v from_o one_o city_n unto_o a_o other_o upon_o necessary_a and_o urgent_a cause_n i_o will_v here_o lay_v down_o the_o name_n of_o such_o as_o be_v remove_v perigenes_n be_v choose_v bishop_n of_o patras_n in_o achaia_n and_o refuse_v by_o the_o citizen_n of_o that_o place_n be_v by_o perigenes_n the_o commandment_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n place_v in_o the_o metropolitan_a seae_n of_o corinth_n to_o succeed_v nazianzene_n the_o late_a disease_v where_o he_o continue_a all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o life_n gregory_n nazianzene_n be_v first_o bishop_n of_o sasimum_n a_o city_n in_o cappadocia_n next_o of_o nazianzum_n afterward_o of_o constantinople_n last_o of_o all_o he_o go_v back_o 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of_o philippopolis_n in_o thracia_n
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book_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr valesij_n be_v heretic_n which_o have_v their_o original_n of_o one_o valens_n that_o live_v in_o bacathis_n a_o country_n of_o philadelphia_n their_o manner_n be_v to_o geld_v themselves_o and_o as_o many_o stranger_n as_o lodge_v among_o they_o they_o abuse_v the_o say_n in_o the_o gospel_n if_o thy_o member_n offend_v thou_o cut_v it_o of_o etc._n etc._n epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 58._o 221._o antoninus_n heliogabalus_n reign_v after_o macrinus_n the_o space_n of_o 4._o year_n &_o he_o die_v euseb_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 20._o potamiaena_fw-la a_o virgin_n together_o with_o marcelia_n her_o mother_n burn_v basilides_n behead_v euseb_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 4._o  _fw-fr narcissus_n come_v home_o again_o &_o be_v entreat_v after_o gordiê°_n to_o take_v his_o former_a room_n &_o because_o he_o be_v a_o 116._o year_n old_a they_o join_v with_o he_o alexander_n who_o afore_o be_v b._n of_o cappadocia_n eus_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 7_o 9_o 10._o  _fw-fr calistus_n be_v b._n of_o rome_n after_o zephyrinus_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o antoninus_n heliogabalus_n anno_fw-la dom._n 221._o and_o continue_a there_o 5._o year_n euseb_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 20._o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 224._o alexander_n be_v emperor_n after_o heliogabalus_n and_o reign_v 13._o year_n euse_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 20._o 27._o gregorius_n nâ—ocaesariensis_n &_o atheno_n dorus_n hear_v origen_n in_o caesarea_n the_o space_n of_o 5._o year_n although_o they_o be_v both_o young_a man_n yet_o be_v they_o choose_v bishop_n in_o pontus_n euseb_n li._n 6._o cap._n 29._o socrat_n lib._n 4._o ca._n 22._o  _fw-fr alexander_n who_o afore_o be_v b._n of_o jerusalem_n together_o with_o narcissus_n now_o after_o his_o death_n be_v there_o b._n alone_o &_o die_v in_o the_o persecution_n under_o decius_n euse_n lib._n 6._o ca._n 38_o he_o govern_v the_o church_n alone_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o alexander_n the_o emperor_n epip_n haeres_fw-la 66._o  _fw-fr vrbanus_n 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