Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 01 — [2977] Another play upon the same word: nomous, anomous hos alethos kai paranomous
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 1
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[2978] episkepseis. The same word is used in connection with Maximinus in Bk. VIII. chap. 14, § 10, above. Valesius cites passages from Aurelius Victor, and Libanius, in which it is said that Licinius was very kindly disposed toward the rural population of his realm, and that the cities flourished greatly under him. Moreover, Zosimus gives just such an account of Constantine as Eusebius gives of Licinius. Allowance must undoubtedly be made on the one side for Eusebius' prejudice against Licinius, as on the other for Zosimus' well-known hatred of Constantine. Doubtless both accounts are…
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