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Diocesan churches not yet discovered in the primitive times
Diocesan churches not yet discovered in the primitive times, or, A defence of the answer to Dr. Stillingfleets allegations out of antiquity for such churches against the exceptions offered in the preface to a late treatise called A vindication of the primitive church, where what is further produced out of Scripture and ancient authors for diocesan churches is also discussed.Diocesan churches not yet discovered in the primitive times, or, A defence of the answer to Dr. Stillingfleets allegations out of antiquity for such churches against the exceptions offered in the preface to a late treatise called A vindication of the primitive church, where what is further produced out of Scripture and antient authors for diocesan churches is also discussed.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1682
Diocesan Churches not yet discovered in the Primitive times.
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It is plain by Nazianzen that Cappadocia had but 50 Bishops, for so many he says Basil had under him, and considering the extent of that Country the Dioceses must needs be large.
It is plain by Nazianzen that Cappadocia had but 50 Bishops, for so many he sayes Basil had under him, and considering the extent of that Countrey the Dioceses must needs be large.
He does not say Basil had no more under him, nor that he was making no more; he knew Basil was constituting more Bishops in that part of Cappadocia which was his Province, and Nazianzen commends him for it as an excellent undertaking on several accountsy.
- yOrat. de Bal.
Considering the extent of that Country, the Dioceses must needs be large, for the Country as Strabo computes, is near 400 miles in length, and little less in breadth.
Considering the extent of that Countrey, the Dioceses must needs be large, for the Countrey as Strabo computes, is near 400 miles in length, and little less in breadth.