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ordain_v till_o the_o second_o year_n of_o julian_n by_o lucifer_n calaritanus_n nor_o epiphanius_n till_o the_o present_a reign_n 27._o but_o meletius_n that_o be_v bishop_n with_o paulinus_n at_o the_o same_o time_n have_v from_o a_o acacian_a bishop_n turn_v orthodox_n have_v therefore_o be_v banish_v by_o the_o eudoxian_a party_n in_o the_o time_n of_o constantius_n and_o euzoius_n the_o old_a arian_n place_v in_o his_o stead_n be_v by_o virtue_n of_o this_o decree_n remove_v and_o though_o probable_o as_o it_o always_o happen_v in_o such_o case_n the_o rescript_n be_v execute_v far_a than_o it_o be_v intend_v 10._o as_o st._n basil_n describe_v it_o that_o the_o bishopric_n be_v expose_v to_o the_o base_a of_o man_n the_o slave_n of_o slave_n and_o particular_o that_o his_o brother_n ibid._n gregory_n of_o nyssen_n be_v drive_v from_o his_o church_n and_o a_o threepenny_n slave_n place_v in_o his_o stead_n 〈◊〉_d as_o he_o call_v he_o yet_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o it_o be_v in_o 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