Note 239 — CASES OF CONSCIENCE, ABOUT MATTERS ECCLESIASTICAL.
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In the time of the Arian emperors the churches refused the bishops whom the emperors imposed on them, and stuck to their own orthodox bishops; especially at Alexandria and Cæsarea, after the greatest urgency for their obedience.
[240] Matt. xvi. 26; Prov. x. 32; xix. 8; Luke xii. 4.
[241] Matt. xv. 14; 1 Tim. iv. 6, 16; Matt. xvi. 6; xxiv. 4. Mark iv. 24; Luke viii. 18; Matt. xxiii. 16.