... preserved; and < /b> which is now professed by < /b> the< /b> pontiff Damasus, and < /b> by < /b> Peter, bishop of < /b> Alexandria, a man of < /b> apostolic holiness. According to the < /b> discipline of < /b> the < /b> apostles, and < /b> the < /b> doctrine of < /b> the < /b> gospel, ... distinguished above all their contemporaries, ^28 by < /b> the < /b> rare union of < /b> profane eloquence and < /b> of < /b> orthodox piety.These orators, who might sometimes be compared, by < /b> themselves, and < /b> by < /b> the < /b> public, to the < /b> most ... with the < /b> glory of < /b> God, and < /b> the< /b> interest of < /b> the < /b> true religion. The < /b> monks and < /b> populace of < /b> Callinicum, ^* an obscure town on the < /b> frontier of< /b> Persia, excited by < /b> their own fanaticism, and < /b> by < /b> that of < /b> their...