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s_o 2._o his_o debate_n with_o the_o arian_n concern_v athanasius_n s_o 3._o send_v to_o he_o concern_v the_o nicene_n faith_n s_o 4._o be_v for_o unity_n and_o peace_n s_o 5._o reform_v the_o army_n and_o die_v s_o 6._o ischyras_n dis-presbyterised_n c._n 2._o s_o 8._o renew_a presbyter_n c._n 5._o s_o 4._o fly_n to_o eusebius_n c._n 6._o s_o 1._o julian_n emperor_n his_o quality_n c._n 21._o s_o 1._o a_o preacher_n and_o monk_n s_o 1_o 2._o turn_n gentile_a and_o persecutor_n s_o 3_o 4._o purge_v his_o army_n s_z 9_o forbid_v learning_n to_o the_o christian_o child_n s_o 10._o and_o also_o maintenance_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d his_o wretched_a end_n s_z 11._o l._n liberius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n his_o conference_n with_o constantius_n c._n 17._o s_o 3._o be_v banish_v s_o 4._o be_v ensnare_v c._n 18._o s_o 4._o be_v afterward_o penitent_a ibid._n leonas_n a_o soldier_n precedent_n at_o the_o seleucian_n council_n and_o over-ruleth_a it_o c._n 19_o s_o 6._o leontius_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n in_o the_o room_n of_o steven_n c._n 14._o s_o 2._o tollerate_v mix_v congregation_n of_o orthodex_fw-la and_o arian_n s_o 3._o persuade_v ursatius_n and_o valens_n to_o renounce_v their_o retractation_n c._n 15._o s_o 3._o be_v banish_v and_o die_v s_o 6._o m._n macedonius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n c._n 10._o s_o 2._o be_v depose_v and_o restore_v again_o ibid._n join_v with_o the_o semi-arians_a at_o seleucia_n c._n 19_o s_o 6._o banish_v from_o constantinople_n c._n 20._o s_o 3._o become_v head_n of_o the_o macedonian_a heresy_n s_o 7._o magnentius_n slay_v constans_n and_o be_v slay_v c._n 15._o s_o 2._o meletus_n bishop_n of_o lico_n c._n 3._o s_o 4._o make_v a_o schism_n s_o 5._o he_o be_v depose_v c._n 4._o s_o 2._o and_o die_v in_o schism_n c._n 5._o s_o 4._o meletians_n in_o egypt_n join_v with_o the_o arian_n c._n 5._o s_o 4._o call_v themselves_o the_o church_n of_o martyr_n c._n 3._o s_o 5._o they_o turn_v arian_n c._n 9_o s_o 6._o 〈…〉_o dipose_n make_v a_o schism_n 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under_o many-headed_a government_n c._n 12._o s_o 3._o retractation_n and_o engagement_n impose_v break_v all_o bond_n but_o make_v none_o c._n 4._o s_o 12._o s._n schism_n the_o original_a c._n 1._o s_o 3._o it_o may_v be_v keep_v down_o but_o not_o root_v up_o s_o 8._o easy_o suppress_v by_o a_o resolve_v goveroour_fw-mi c._n 22._o s_o 5._o schism_n between_o the_o arian_n and_o semi-arians_a c._n 19_o s_o 4._o they_o banish_v one_o another_o s_o 6._o steven_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n depose_v c._n 14._o s_o 2._o t._n theognis_n bishop_n of_o nice_a banish_v c._n 4_o s_o 9_o teacher_n maught_n c._n 21._o s_o 2._o tisueis_fw-la a_o mountain_n of_o communion_n c._n 13._o s_o 5._o tolleration_n fatal_a c._n 13._o s_o 5._o v._o valens_n and_o ursatius_n bishop_n enemy_n to_o athanasius_n make_v their_o submission_n c._n 14._o s_o 4._o after_o that_o they_o renounce_v what_o they_o have_v do_v c._n 15._o s_o 1._o valentinian_n his_o education_n be_v make_v emperor_n c._n 23._o s_o 5._o his_o arian_n wife_n interrupt_v his_o proceed_n nevertheless_o he_o be_v constant_a to_o the_o nicent_a faith_n c._n 25._o s_o 1._o valens_n associate_v in_o the_o empire_n with_o valentinian_n his_o principle_n good_a at_o the_o first_o but_o turn_v arian_n and_o violent_a persecutor_n c._n 24_o s_o 1._o his_o bloody_a progress_n to_o antioch_n s_o 2_o 3_o 4._o be_v afraid_a of_o a_o unknown_a successor_n and_o his_o cruelty_n thereupon_o c._n 26_o s_o 1._o his_o death_n s_o 4._o the_o end_n of_o the_o table_n