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Of these, the most eminent were Firmilianus, bishop of Caesarea in
Cappadocia; the brothers Gregory and Athenodorus, pastors of the
churches in Pontus; Helenus of the parish of Tarsus, and Nicomas
of Iconium moreover, Hymenaeus, of the church of Jerusalem, and
Theotecnus of the neighboring church of Caesarea; and besides these
Maximus, who presided in a distinguished manner over the brethren in
Bostra. If any should count them up he could not fail to note a great
many others, besides presbyters and deacons, who were at that time
assembled for the same cause in the above-mentioned city. But these
were the most illustrious. When all of these assembled at different
times and frequently to consider these matters, the arguments and
questions were discussed at every meeting; the adherents of the
Samosatian endeavoring to cover and conceal his heterodoxy, and the
others striving zealously to lay bare and make manifest his heresy and
blasphemy against Christ.
Meanwhile, Dionysius died in the twelfth year of the reign of
Gallienus, having held the episcopate of Alexandria for seventeen
years, and Maximus succeeded him. Gallienus after a reign of fifteen
years n was succeeded by Claudius, who in two years delivered the
government to Aurelian.
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