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| | Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. II: The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen.: Constantius again ejects ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | II: The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen.: Constantius again ejects Athanasius, and banishes those who represented the Homoousian Doctrine. |
 | | As soon as he was sent into exile, Macedonius seized the government of his church; and, being aided by several orders of monks whom he had incorporated at Constantinople, and by alliances with many of the neighboring bishops, he commenced, it is said, a persecution against those who held the sentiments of Paul. |
 | | Many perished from wounds received in the struggle; some were deprived of their possessions; some, of the rights of citizenship; and others were branded on the forehead with an iron instrument, in order that they might be stamped as infamous. |
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