[614:3] In his book "De Pudicitia," c. 10, he speaks of the "Pastor" of Hermas as classed among apocryphal productions "ab omni concilio ecclesiarum"—implying that it had been condemned by African councils, as well as others.
[614:4] The prevalence of the Montanistic spirit in Asia Minor may account for this.
[615:1] See Potter's "Antiquities of Greece," i. 106.
[615:2] See Mosheim's "Commentaries," cent. ii. sect. 22.
[616:1] "Per singulos annos seniores et praepositi in unum conveniamus."
[616:2] Cyprian, Epist. lxxv. pp. 302, 303.
[616:3] In Africa, however, this arrangement was not established even in the fifth century. There, the senior bishop still continued president.
[617:1] This canon somewhat differs from the fifth of the Council of Nice, as the latter requires the first meeting to be held "before Lent." It is somewhat doubtful which canon is of higher antiquity.
[619:1] "Seniores et praepositi."—Epist. Cypriani, Opera, p. 302.
[619:2] "The Councils of the Church," by Rev. E.B. Pusey, D.D., p. 34 Oxford, 1857.