Глава XII. О предстоятелях Церквей

In addition, during that time there were many cases with the primates of the Churches. According to the judgment of God, some of them, instead of the title of shepherds of the verbal flock of Christ, which they ruled illegally, received, as a worthy position, taking care of camels, a dumb animal and, by the nature of the body, hunchbacked, or riding around the royal horses. Many suffered insults, dishonor and torture from the then royal governors and rulers for sacred vessels and church contributions. Moreover, others were possessed by a lust for power; there were rash and illegal ordinations; sometimes there were discords between the confessors themselves; It happened that young people vied with each other to stir up disturbances against the remains of the Church, introducing news after news, mercilessly adding more disasters to the disasters of persecution, reinforcing evil with other evils. But I will not talk about all such events, and I do not consider this my business; because, according to the intention accepted from the very beginning, one must refuse and run away from stories of this kind. Recognizing that it is a decent thing to say, write and convey to the ears of the faithful, according to the Holy Scriptures, “as much as there is honor, ... as much as there is good praise, whatever virtue and ... praise” (Phil. 4:8), I, it seems, will better decorate this entire work if, in the days of the glorious world given to us from above, I will narrate the wondrous deeds of the martyrs. You might be interested in: