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his_o regulator_n be_v not_o more_o dangerous_a man_n to_o the_o franchise_n of_o our_o corporation_n than_o this_o author_n be_v to_o ancient_a city_n for_o if_o there_o be_v but_o a_o letter_n amiss_o the_o charter_n be_v forfeit_v and_o it_o sink_v into_o a_o obscure_a village_n this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o calanae_n because_o there_o be_v a_o c._n where_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o b._n our_o author_n have_v disfranchised_a it_o the_o place_n where_o euphration_n be_v bishop_n be_v balanea_n so_o it_o be_v write_v in_o antonin_n itinerary_n 27_o mile_n from_o gabala_n and_o 24_o from_o antaradus_n stephanus_n steph._n stephanus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d steph._n style_v it_o a_o city_n of_o phoenicia_n in_o his_o time_n call_v leveas_fw-la and_o add_v that_o epicrates_n have_v write_v a_o encomium_n upon_o it_o ptolemy_n 5._o ptolemy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ptol._n l._n 5._o name_v it_o next_o to_o paltis_n and_o so_o do_v 5._o do_v plin._n l._n 5._o pliny_n in_o the_o 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to_o name_v the_o bishop_n of_o a_o place_n unknown_a to_o all_o geographer_n here_o may_v be_v room_n for_o conjecture_n but_o i_o dare_v not_o venture_v know_v the_o temper_n of_o my_o adversary_n to_o be_v too_o captious_a to_o make_v necessary_a allowance_n for_o critical_a divination_n but_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a it_o seem_v to_o contend_v 22._o contend_v prim._n ep._n p._n 22._o for_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n in_o their_o synodal_n epistle_n 7._o epistle_n euseb_n h._n e._n l._n 7._o concern_v paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la mention_v 〈◊〉_d mention_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bishop_n both_o in_o country_n and_o city_n these_o country_n bishop_n who_o be_v the_o flatterer_n of_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la valesius_fw-la vale._n valesius_fw-la chorepiscopos_fw-la intelligere_fw-la videtur_fw-la eos_fw-la enim_fw-la distinguit_fw-la epistola_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la urbium_fw-la vale._n take_v to_o be_v chorepiscopi_fw-la and_o the_o meaness_n of_o their_o behaviour_n make_v it_o probable_a that_o they_o be_v of_o his_o own_o diocese_n and_o have_v dependence_n upon_o he_o but_o whatever_o they_o be_v it_o do_v not_o appear_v from_o this_o or_o any_o thing_n else_o that_o they_o be_v parish_n bishop_n for_o even_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la have_v many_o village_n and_o congregation_n under_o their_o superintendence_n let_v it_o not_o seem_v tedious_a to_o the_o reader_n that_o he_o be_v lead_v on_o through_o village_n only_o and_o obscure_a place_n for_o it_o be_v in_o his_o way_n to_o the_o holy_a land_n yet_o to_o mortify_v his_o curiosity_n he_o must_v not_o see_v either_o jerusalem_n or_o caesarea_n or_o any_o other_o city_n only_o he_o may_v if_o he_o please_v take_v notice_n that_o in_o palestine_n jamnia_n 22._o jamnia_n prim._n ep_v p._n 22._o be_v a_o village_n in_o strabo_n account_n so_o be_v lydda_n in_o josephus_n yet_o both_o bishop_n seat_n in_o tyrius_n his_o catalogue_n so_o be_v nais_n there_o and_o
the_o site_n of_o many_o of_o those_o place_n be_v at_o this_o time_n as_o uncertain_a as_o where_o simon_n the_o tanner_n house_n stand_v in_o joppa_n or_o pilat_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o yet_o such_o thing_n and_o many_o more_o as_o minute_n be_v show_v to_o traveller_n who_o have_v more_o civility_n than_o to_o gainsay_v the_o tradition_n of_o the_o country_n of_o which_o the_o inhabitant_n make_v no_o small_a gain_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o geographer_n have_v not_o mention_v these_o place_n in_o tyrius_n his_o late_a catalogue_n be_v not_o for_o shame_n for_o they_o have_v many_o place_n as_o inconsiderable_a but_o because_o they_o be_v find_v only_o in_o a_o catalogue_n and_o mention_v in_o no_o history_n from_o 24._o from_o prim._n ep._n p._n 24._o palestine_n and_o the_o patriarchat_n of_o jerusalem_n we_o come_v to_o cyprus_n where_o sozomen_n 〈◊〉_d sozomen_n l._n 7._o c._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tell_v we_o it_o be_v usual_a to_o have_v bishop_n in_o village_n as_o also_o in_o other_o country_n without_o regard_n it_o seem_v to_o any_o restraint_n which_o some_o bishop_n endeavour_v to_o put_v upon_o that_o practice_n and_o thus_o it_o continue_v with_o the_o cypriot_n to_o this_o age_n the_o first_o thing_n i_o shall_v take_v notice_n of_o be_v a_o little_a disingenuous_a artifice_n of_o our_o author_n in_o transpose_v these_o word_n in_o other_o country_n as_o if_o sozomen_n when_o he_o have_v name_v cyprus_n have_v add_v other_o country_n indefinite_o and_o speak_v of_o a_o thing_n usual_a in_o many_o country_n but_o that_o historian_n show_v the_o different_a tradition_n and_o practice_n of_o several_a nation_n observe_n that_o the_o scythian_n though_o they_o have_v many_o city_n yet_o have_v but_o one_o bishop_n in_o other_o nation_n as_o in_o cyprus_n and_o arabia_n there_o be_v bishop_n in_o village_n set_v one_o unusual_a practice_n against_o another_o and_o intimate_v that_o he_o know_v of_o no_o other_o country_n where_o they_o 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thousand_o soul_n the_o ancient_a state_n of_o this_o island_n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o present_a calamitous_a condition_n under_o which_o it_o groan_v for_o in_o trajan_n time_n trajano_n time_n dio._n cass_n in_o trajano_n there_o be_v more_o man_n destroy_v here_o by_o the_o jew_n in_o one_o day_n than_o be_v now_o in_o all_o the_o country_n mr._n clerkson_n tell_v we_o without_o any_o author_n that_o whereas_o there_o be_v betwixt_o twenty_o and_o thirty_o bishop_n in_o that_o island_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a the_o number_n have_v decrease_v there_o as_o in_o many_o other_o place_n there_o be_v but_o four_o of_o their_o seat_n which_o have_v the_o face_n of_o a_o city_n as_o to_o the_o present_a state_n of_o cyprus_n 71._o cyprus_n in_o cypriana_n provincia_n quatuor_fw-la tantum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la suffraganei_fw-la numerantur_fw-la dr._n smith_n graec._n stat_fw-la hod._n p._n 71._o there_o be_v but_o four_o suffragan_a bishop_n in_o the_o whole_a island_n and_o 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writing_n of_o origen_n do_v consist_v of_o be_v as_o much_o in_o the_o dark_a but_o that_o epiphanius_n 555._o epiphanius_n vindic._n of_o prim._n ch._n p._n 554_o 555._o have_v himself_o a_o large_a diocese_n in_o cyprus_n have_v be_v already_o show_v in_o another_o place_n in_o pursuit_n of_o primitive_a episcopacy_n we_o be_v carry_v from_o cyprus_n to_o armenia_n where_o the_o catholic_n have_v above_o 1000_o bishop_n under_o his_o obedience_n as_o 32._o as_o l._n 7._o c._n 32._o otto_n frisingenses_n write_v from_o the_o report_n of_o the_o armenian_a legate_n and_o after_o he_o 1145._o he_o ann._n 1145._o baronius_n and_o our_o brierwood_n 25._o brierwood_n prim._n ep._n p._n 24_o 25._o yet_o both_o the_o armenia_n in_o justinian_n be_v time_n who_o make_v the_o most_o of_o they_o make_v but_o four_o province_n which_o have_v in_o all_o but_o twenty_o city_n if_o the_o armenian_a bishop_n have_v not_o amount_v to_o above_o the_o twenty_o part_n of_o the_o number_n yet_o more_o 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former_a dependence_n as_o to_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n to_o these_o province_n he_o add_v a_o four_o which_o be_v never_o before_o reduce_v into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o province_n which_o be_v before_o divide_v into_o several_a satrapy_n of_o barbarous_a name_n this_o be_v represent_v in_o leo_n notitia_fw-la 2._o notitia_fw-la nou._n 31._o c._n 2._o under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o high_a mesopotamia_n or_o four_o armenia_n and_o divide_v into_o two_o part_n in_o the_o first_o we_o have_v martyropolis_n mention_v by_o justinian_n and_o 33_o bishop_n seat_n more_o under_o the_o metropolis_n of_o amida_n and_o in_o the_o second_o part_n there_o be_v most_o of_o those_o barbarous_a name_n mention_v by_o justinian_n sophene_n bilabitene_n astianica_n anzitene_n together_o with_o cetharizan_n call_v by_o justinian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o the_o notitia_fw-la if_o i_o mistake_v not_o style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o that_o pass_v with_o the_o transcriber_n for_o the_o name_n of_o a_o town_n in_o
of_o christ_n therefore_o they_o have_v none_o ever_o since_o but_o there_o be_v sufficient_a evidence_n that_o these_o region_n melitene_n cataonia_n and_o isauritis_n have_v city_n not_o long_o after_o strabo_n time_n stephanus_n steph._n stephanus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d steph._n say_v that_o melitene_n be_v a_o city_n of_o cappadocia_n ptolemy_n 5._o ptolemy_n ptol._n l._n 5._o place_v it_o among_o the_o city_n of_o the_o lesser_a armenia_n to_o which_o in_o the_o late_a distribution_n of_o the_o empire_n it_o do_v belong_v and_o two_o other_o be_v name_v as_o city_n belong_v to_o that_o praefecture_n lucas_n holstenius_fw-la steph._n holstenius_fw-la postea_fw-la tamen_fw-la melitene_n extitit_fw-la vrbs_fw-la satis_fw-la nobilis_fw-la h._n vale_n in_o euseb_n l._n 5._o c._n 5._o holsten_n in_o steph._n say_v that_o the_o roman_n build_v this_o city_n and_o confirm_v it_o by_o salmasius_n 630._o salmasius_n salm._n in_o jul._n capitol_n in_o vit_fw-fr marci_n &_o plin._n exercit_fw-la p._n 630._o who_o call_v it_o a_o city_n of_o cappadocia_n and_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n 20._o marcellinus_n ammian_n marc._n l._n 19_o &_o 20._o call_v it_o a_o town_n of_o the_o lesser_a armenia_n in_o more_o than_o one_o place_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o this_o place_n be_v make_v one_o of_o the_o standard_n of_o catholic_n communion_n by_o the_o edict_n of_o theodosius_n 9_o theodosius_n cod._n theod._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la fide_fw-la cath._n &_o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 9_o the_o great_a and_o to_o conclude_v the_o notitia_fw-la of_o hierocles_n name_v it_o as_o the_o first_o city_n of_o armenia_n the_o lesser_a when_o justinian_n 1._o justinian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d novel_a 31._o c._n 1._o make_v a_o new_a distribution_n of_o armenia_n in_o that_o which_o he_o call_v the_o three_o but_o he_o say_v be_v before_o the_o second_o i_o e._n the_o lesser_a armenia_n this_o city_n be_v make_v the_o metropolis_n and_o commend_v by_o the_o title_n of_o ancient_a and_o renown_v and_o he_o place_v ibid._n place_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n six_o city_n under_o it_o which_o he_o there_o name_n and_o add_v that_o there_o be_v no_o alteration_n as_o to_o this_o province_n but_o before_o his_o time_n it_o consist_v of_o six_o city_n all_o that_o be_v new_a in_o this_o order_n be_v the_o raise_v the_o dignity_n of_o its_o title_n and_o make_v it_o spectabilis_fw-la and_o style_v the_o governor_n come_v justinianeus_n eustathius_n 694._o eustathius_n eustath_n in_o dion_n v._o 694._o give_v the_o sum_n of_o this_o edict_n but_o the_o copist_n have_v write_v justin_n for_o justinian_n in_o this_o and_o several_a other_o place_n as_o for_o the_o praefecture_n of_o cataonia_n it_o have_v several_a know_v city_n in_o ptolemy_n 5._o ptolemy_n ptol._n l._n 5._o the_o geographer_n time_n cabassus_n cybistra_n claudiopolis_n and_o several_a other_o less_o know_v be_v place_v in_o that_o region_n which_o we_o find_v in_o late_a notitiae_fw-la some_o belong_v to_o cappadocia_n some_o to_o isauria_n and_o as_o for_o that_o part_n which_o be_v call_v isauritis_n or_o isauria_n ptolemy_n mention_n three_o city_n there_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n 8._o marcellinus_n l._n 14._o c._n 8._o name_v two_o as_o principal_a city_n seleucia_n and_o claudiopolis_n but_o in_o hierocles_n his_o notitia_fw-la there_o be_v no_o less_o than_o 23._o these_o bound_n of_o country_n be_v frequent_o alter_v and_o therefore_o we_o find_v city_n sometime_o ascribe_v to_o one_o sometime_o to_o another_o province_n therefore_o these_o three_o prefecture_n may_v be_v fair_o dismiss_v have_v nothing_o to_o say_v for_o village-episcopacy_a and_o though_o there_o have_v be_v bishop_n there_o without_o city_n their_o diocese_n may_v have_v be_v of_o no_o less_o extent_n than_o those_o where_o the_o bishop_n have_v city_n for_o their_o seat_n and_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o think_v that_o three_o province_n have_v no_o city_n can_v not_o be_v capable_a of_o diocesan_n bishop_n 29._o bishop_n prim._n ep._n p._n 28_o &_o 29._o in_o the_o other_o two_o praefecture_n there_o be_v doara_n which_o be_v a_o village_n in_o basil_n that_o this_o place_n have_v a_o arian_n bishop_n in_o basil_n time_n can_v be_v deny_v and_o as_o may_v be_v conjecture_v by_o compare_v some_o passage_n simplic_fw-la passage_n bas_n 10._o &_o 39_o 5._o greg._n naz._n ep._n 28_o ad_fw-la simplic_fw-la in_o basil_n and_o gregory_n epistle_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v erect_v by_o that_o faction_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o nyssa_n to_o who_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v subject_a and_o if_o in_o a_o matter_n so_o obscure_a it_o may_v be_v allow_v to_o guess_v this_o be_v the_o place_n of_o simplicia_fw-la to_o who_o gregory_n nazianzen_n write_v for_o a_o woman_n and_o she_o a_o arian_n command_v in_o doara_n and_o such_o be_v simplicia_fw-la that_o when_o the_o arian_n bishop_n die_v basil_n may_v ordain_v a_o orthodox_n person_n to_o succeed_v there_o now_o for_o the_o first_o and_o second_o cappadocia_n we_o have_v a_o certain_a account_n of_o the_o number_n of_o their_o bishop_n in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o five_o century_n for_o in_o the_o synodical_a epistle_n chalced._n epistle_n ep._n synod_n cappad_a 1._o ad_fw-la leon._n in_o calce_fw-la conc._n chalced._n of_o the_o first_o to_o leo_n the_o emperor_n alypius_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n say_v that_o he_o have_v two_o bishop_n in_o his_o province_n one_o he_o send_v to_o the_o emperor_n according_a to_o his_o order_n the_o other_o be_v sick_a in_o the_o second_o cappadocia_n the_o bishop_n of_o tyanae_fw-la subscribe_v imp._n subscribe_v convocatis_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la secundae_fw-la cappadociae_fw-la etc._n etc._n ep._n episc_n 2dae_fw-la capp_n ad_fw-la leon._n imp._n with_o seven_o suffragans_fw-la and_o speak_v in_o the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o province_n which_o he_o say_v he_o call_v together_o upon_o that_o occasion_n among_o these_o the_o 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may_v contribute_v not_o a_o little_a towards_o it_o this_o province_n then_o be_v destitute_a of_o bishop_n basil_n confer_v with_o amphilochius_n about_o the_o best_a mean_n of_o fill_v up_o the_o vacancy_n and_o deliberate_v whether_o it_o be_v more_o adviseable_a to_o ordain_v a_o metropolitan_a only_o and_o refer_v the_o rest_n to_o he_o or_o else_o to_o ordain_v bishop_n 400._o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bas_n ep._n 400._o in_o lesser_a city_n or_o village_n where_o there_o have_v be_v any_o before_o that_o be_v in_o such_o city_n as_o be_v less_o than_o the_o metropolis_n or_o in_o such_o as_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v style_v village_n yet_o may_v have_v large_a dependence_n and_o the_o word_n in_o the_o original_a though_o otherwise_o render_v by_o the_o latin_a translator_n seem_v to_o imply_v not_o little_a city_n or_o village_n but_o district_v of_o little_a city_n or_o village_n the_o bishop_n of_o these_o place_n be_v the_o suffragans_fw-la of_o seleucia_n which_o be_v call_v the_o city_n by_o way_n of_o eminence_n be_v the_o metropolis_n and_o the_o rest_n call_v little_a city_n in_o comparison_n of_o this_o so_o nazianzen_n 〈◊〉_d nazianzen_n greg._n naz._n carm._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la sva_fw-la p._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d call_v the_o suffragan_a city_n of_o cappadocia_n little_a city_n where_o they_o be_v mention_v with_o relation_n to_o their_o metropolis_n nor_o be_v all_o these_o to_o have_v bishop_n but_o such_o as_o be_v episcopal_a seat_n before_o these_o be_v sometine_n style_v city_n as_o it_o be_v of_o courtesy_n under_o that_o title_n they_o pass_v in_o hierocles_n his_o notitia_fw-la and_o some_o of_o they_o in_o ptolemy_n sometime_o they_o be_v call_v oppida_fw-la as_o in_o ammian_n marcell_n and_o here_o express_v by_o village_n yet_o the_o chief_a place_n in_o those_o part_n of_o the_o country_n in_o the_o old_a notitia_fw-la so_o often_o cite_v this_o country_n have_v 29_o bishop_n but_o of_o those_o see_v several_z belong_v
yet_o there_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o acheruntia_n in_o calabria_n of_o vibon_n in_o brutia_n of_o canusium_n in_o apulia_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o rome_n there_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o ariminum_n and_o several_a other_o who_o seat_n be_v far_o beyond_o the_o province_n assign_v by_o salmasius_n to_o the_o roman_a diocese_n a_o general_a synod_n symmach_n synod_n anastas_n in_o symmach_n of_o italy_n under_o the_o same_o pope_n have_v 115_o bishop_n which_o be_v the_o only_a synod_n beside_o that_o mention_v above_o that_o the_o writer_n of_o his_o life_n take_v notice_n of_o under_o that_o pope_n sym._n pope_n syn._n rom._n 4._o sub_fw-la sym._n but_o certain_o the_o most_o remarkable_a for_o number_n of_o any_o then_o hold_v it_o be_v this_o confirm_a symmachus_n his_o election_n and_o condemn_v his_o competitor_n and_o his_o guardian_n and_o the_o occasion_n be_v extraordinary_a it_o can_v be_v doubt_v but_o the_o great_a part_n defensor_fw-la part_n totius_fw-la 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be_v some_o gallic_a bishop_n in_o this_o council_n and_o it_o can_v be_v doubt_v but_o damasus_n assemble_v all_o he_o can_v in_o a_o cause_n that_o require_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o great_a number_n he_o can_v make_v since_o the_o arian_n have_v for_o some_o time_n begin_v to_o plead_v a_o majority_n and_o it_o be_v certain_a some_o come_v from_o far_o for_o the_o bishop_n of_o aquileia_n be_v there_o under_o julius_n the_o first_o we_o have_v a_o roman_a synod_n 2._o synod_n julii_n epistola_fw-la apud_fw-la athan._n ap._n 2._o that_o seem_v to_o be_v general_a in_o which_o above_o fifty_o bishop_n be_v assemble_v where_o vito_n preside_v as_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n deputy_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o same_o vito_n who_o be_v send_v legate_n to_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a here_o athanasius_n be_v receive_v into_o communion_n and_o julius_n 〈◊〉_d julius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n allude_v to_o this_o synod_n tell_v they_o that_o what_o he_o write_v as_o in_o his_o own_o name_n be_v the_o judgement_n of_o all_o italy_n valesius_fw-la will_v not_o have_v vito_n preside_v in_o this_o council_n but_o will_v render_v the_o word_n so_o that_o those_o bishop_n assemble_v in_o vito_n parish-church_n but_o i_o do_v not_o see_v any_o reason_n to_o depart_v from_o nannius_n his_o translation_n of_o this_o passage_n the_o copy_n that_o he_o translate_v be_v very_o different_a from_o the_o greek_a that_o be_v print_v and_o may_v possible_o have_v a_o relative_a which_o may_v take_v away_o the_o ambiguity_n of_o that_o expression_n i_o have_v see_v some_o greek_a piece_n of_o athanasius_n in_o manuscript_n vary_v often_o from_o the_o print_a copy_n but_o exact_o answer_v nannius_n his_o version_n in_o all_o those_o variation_n which_o i_o have_v mention_v here_o upon_o this_o occasion_n that_o the_o frequent_a variation_n of_o that_o version_n from_o the_o original_a may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o 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