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.

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 47