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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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Volume 1 › Chapter 3 › An Account of the Persecutions under the Arian Heretics.
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PAUL, the bishop of Constantinople, was a Macedonian by birth, and was designed, from his birth, for a clerical life.
PAUL, the bishop of Constantinople, was a Macedo•ian by birth, and was designed, from his birth, for a clerical life.
WHEN Alexander the predecessor of Paul was on his death bed, he was consulted by some of the clergy on the choice of a successor: when, we are informed, he told them, "That if they were disposed choose a person of an exemplary life, unexceptionable character, and thoroughly capable of instructing the people. Paul was the man; who, though young, had all the prudence and gravity of more advanced age; but if they had rather have a person of a well-composed appearance, acquainted with worldly affairs, and fit for the conversation of a court, they might then choose Macedonius, who had all the proper qualifications." Macedonius was a deacon in the church of Constantinople, in which office he had spent many years, and gained great experience: and the […] prelate did both ⟨p. 65⟩him and Paul justice in their different characters. Nevertheless the Arians, with their accustomed disingenuousness, gave out, that Alexander had bestowed great commendations on Macedonius for sanctity, and had only given Paul the reputation of eloquence, and a capacity for business: it is true, indeed, he was a master in the art of speaking and persuading; but the sequel of his life and sufferings sufficiently evinced the absurdity of their deeming him a man formed for the world. However, after some struggle, the orthodox carried their point, and Paul was consecrated.
WHEN Alexander the predecessor of Paul was on his death bed, he was consulted by some of the clergy on the choice of a successor: when, we are informed, he told them, "That if they were disposed chuse a person of an examplary life, unexceptionable character, and thoroughly capable of instructing the people. Paul was the man; who, though young, had all the prudence and gravity of more advanced age; but if they had rather have a person of a well-composed appearance, acquainted with worldly affairs, and fit for the conversation of a court, they might then chuse Macedonius, who had all the proper qualifications." Macedonius was a deacon in the church of Constantinople, in which office he had spent many years, and gained geat experience: and the prelate did both