Note 048 I have purposely omitted the controversy which arose among the monks of Egypt concerning Origenism and Anthropomorphism, the dissimulation and violence of Theophilus, his artful management of the simplicity of Epiphanius, the persecution and flight of the long or tall brothers, the ambiguous support which they received at Constantinople from Chrysostom, etc. etc.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 32