Three Letters of Philoxenus : Bishop of Mabbogh (485-519), Being the Letter to the Monks, the First Letter to the Monks of Beth-Gaugal, and the Letter to Emperor Zeno; Edited from Syriac Manuscripts in the Vatican Library, with an English Translation, an I

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It is not within the scope of the present chapter to discuss all the different sources which have been enumerated; but it is sufficient to Show that the information which we obtain from Syriac documents and from the writings of Philoxenus himself, sometimes confirms or supplements, and sometimes corrects or contradicts the testimony derived from non-syriac sources.

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