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WHEN the great John had received the tiller of the Church, he
boldly convicted certain wrong doers, made seasonable exhortations to
the emperor and empress, and admonished the clergy to live according to
the laws laid down. Transgressors against these laws he forbade to
approach the churches, urging that they who shewed no desire to live
the life of true priests ought not to enjoy priestly honour. He acted
with this care for the church not only in Constantinople, but
throughout the whole of Thrace, which is divided into six provinces,
and likewise of Asia, which is governed by eleven governors. Pontica
too, which has a like number of rulers with Asia, was happily brought
by him under the same discipline.
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