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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 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