Note 129 See Athanas. ad Rufin. tom. ii. p. 40, 41; and Greg. Nazianzen, Orat. xxi. p. 395, 396; who justly states the temperate zeal of the primate as much more meritorious than his prayers, his fasts. his persecutions, etc.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 23