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Chapter XIV. The Arians remove Gregory from the See of Alexandria, and appoint George in his Place.1

About the same time the Arians ejected Gregory from the see of Alexandria, on the ground that he was unpopular and at the same time because he had set a church 2 on fire, and did not manifest sufficient zeal in promoting the interests of their party. 3 They therefore inducted George into his see, who was a native of Cappadocia, and had acquired the reputation of being an able advocate of their tenets.


  1. There is an error here, repeated also by Sozomen (III. 7), but corrected by Theodoret, *H. E. II. 4 and 12, without the mention of the names of his predecessors. The error consists in the statement that Gregory was ejected at this time. It appears that he remained in his position until the Council of Sardica, by which he was deposed and excommunicated. He survived this council by six months.  ↩

  2. That of Dionysius.  ↩

  3. This is the same Gregory that is mentioned in ch. 10 as violently put into possession of the see of Alexandria by the Arians. It is evident that they were disappointed in him.  ↩

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Kapitel XIV. Die Arianer entfernen Gregor vom Stuhl von Alexandria und setzen Georg an seiner Stelle ein.

Ungefähr zur gleichen Zeit stießen die Arianer Gregor vom Lehrstuhl in Alexandria ab, weil er unbeliebt war und weil er eine Kirche angezündet hatte und nicht genügend Eifer für die Interessen ihrer Partei zeigte. Deshalb setzten sie Georg ein, der aus Kappadokien stammte und sich den Ruf erworben hatte, ein fähiger Verfechter ihrer Lehren zu sein.

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