Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 02 — An Epistle respecting the Rescinding of the Enactments against Athanasius.
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 2
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Victor Constantius Augustus to Nestorius, and in the same terms to the governors of Augustamnica, Thebaïs, and Libya. If it be found that at any time previously any enactment has been passed prejudicial and derogatory to those who hold communion with Athanasius the bishop, our pleasure is that it should now be wholly abrogated; and that his clergy should again enjoy the same immunity which was granted to them formerly. We enjoin strict obedience to this command, to the intent that since the bishop Athanasius has been restored to his church, all who hold communion with him may possess t…
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