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Chapter XXXI.—Of Isaacthe monk of Constantinople and Bretanio the Scythian Bishop.; original source section: Chapter 31

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Psalm cxix. 46. The text quotes the Sept. ἐλὰλουν ἐν τοῖς μαρτυρίοις σου ἐναντίον βασιλέων καὶ ούκ ᾐσχυνόμην

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Bretanio, a man distinguished by various virtues, and entrusted with the episcopal government of all the cities of Scythia, fired his soul with enthusiasm, and protested against the corruption of doctrines, and the emperor’s lawless attacks upon the saints, crying in the words of the godly David, “I spoke of thy testimonies also before Kings and was not ashamed.”

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Possibly the Isaac who opposed Chrysostom. Soz. viii. 9.

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Chapter XXXI.—Of Isaacthe monk of Constantinople and Bretanio the Scythian Bishop.

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Bretanio, a man distinguished by various virtues, and entrusted with the episcopal government of all the cities of Scythia, fired his soul with enthusiasm, and protested against the corruption of doctrines, and the emperor’s lawless attacks upon the saints, crying in the words of the godly David, “I spoke of thy testimonies also before Kings and was not ashamed.”

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