Note 132
The state of the Monophysites is excellently
illustrated in a dissertation at the beginning of the iid
volume of Assemannus, which contains 142 pages. The Syriac
Chronicle of Gregory Bar-Hebraeus, or Abulpharagius,
(Bibliot. Orient. tom. ii. p. 321 - 463,) pursues the double
series of the Nestorian catholics and the maphrians of the
Jacobites.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 47