[87] III. 5.
[88] III. 9, 10.
[89] Lamprid. Vita Alex. Sev. c. 45. Paris edit.
[90] Cyprian, Epis. 52.
[91] Ammian. Marcell. lib. xxvii. c. 3. Socrat. lib. iv. c. 29. See a multitude of evidence carefully collected on this subject in Bingham, vol. i. b. iv. ch. 2.
[92] III. 15.
[93] Comp. in Act. Apost. Hom. iii. 5. “Men now aim at a bishopric like any secular office. To win glory and honour among men we peril our salvation.... Consuls and prefects do not enjoy such honour as he who presides over the Church. Go to court, or to the houses of lords and ladies, and whom do you find foremost there? no one is put before the bishop.”
[94] III. c. 14.
[95] III. 16.
[96] III. 17.