Note 021 See Jerom (tom. i. p. 126), Assemanni, Bibliot. Orient. tom. iv. p. 92, p. 857-919, and Geddes, Church History of Ethiopia, p. 29, 30, 31. The Abyssinian monks adhere very strictly to the primitive institution.

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