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Rh JAConns. («. g. Fnbriciiis) huvo tvtiirinod tlitit ho took |)nrt nii ni author in tho Ariiin coutrovt»r8y, foutulin^^ their n!»stMii«>u on a punwjgo of AlhanuHiun. (Ad A))«.y- Citpos Atuft/fifi i't t.t^iiutfi /Cpisto/tt Kucji/i'liht tHtuhu AriiimKs^ miuiclinioii citod m (>Hh'a AriaHos^ C 8; /Htm, vol. i. p. '2711, od. HonoiHctln.) llut wlmt AthiniuKius wiyn ia, that tho writinnH of tho ht<»(>tioN v«««v apparontly »o ortho«h>x, tliut it" thoy hud boon vritt«tau>in," tliciv wouhi ho no gmnnd for >vadin(( tlioni with mispioion — n Htatonunit whioh by no nioanH assortn that ho wroto any thing on tho qnoHllon. Tho natno of »Iactd)UH ajipcnrH auunig thoso HiihHorihod to tho dooivoa of lh<» omnu'il of v tiooh, a. t). IM I (Lahho, vol. ii. col. .^H.'>) ; Imt thoro aw Hovoml ilillicidtioa con- nootod with tho liintiirv of thin oounoil. Tho inoHt ronwu'kahlo incident in tho lifo of .lacolina va« tho »iogo of NiHibi* l»y tho l'or«ian« undor thoir king, Sapor II. Tho aiogo wan vigo- rtuisly prcsst^d, hut tho dofonco va« tvpially vt»ll iMiiidufti>(l, ihi« hnivo citi/oim hoing aniuiiUo«l by th«< oxlmitntions of thoir binhop. vVt longlh tho criHiK of tlu'ir fato Bi>oni<'d to bo at htuul, whon .larohoK, at tho ontivaty of IiIm diwiplo Kpliraont nnd otIitM'M, uM't'odod tho walU and prayod for tho dolivoranoo of tho city. A Hwarni of gnatH or nioa- (piitni>H nod othor inwH'trt, wliiih juht afl<»rvardn att;i('ki'd ili(> bojiiogcrK, juiido thoir liorw'rt n»Mtivo, and oiliiTwiao produood mu-U annoyanco an, with othor tiiingH, to eonipol lliont to juino tho iiiogo, woM t;on»iilorod ait an aimwc'r to thi* i)rayor. Tho citijf.oni* rogardod .lacobuH uh ilioir dolivoror ; and wlion ht« dii'd, npparontly noon aftor, ho wan buriod in tlio (f tho (irnNitum A'i/f.v- tfuum givon by vH«oniaiii (//iWio/A. . '.VM, whioh would doit»rniiiio tho limt of tho two HiogoH lo ho tho ono at whioh ho Hignalim'd hiiuHolf; luit wo havo noon that ho wan probably at tho oounoil of Antiooh in a. n. ;iJl ; and thort* in roanon to boliovo, with Tillomoni, that tho nooond Hi«porod by nioivy, oxcopt pt«rliapH in tho oano of tho ooltdtratotl Arlnn, wlioNO opporium^ doath in aNorihod by tho author of a HpiiriouH paHNago in Thoodorot to tho pray«tr of .Iao(d»u« that (iotl wtaild proHt>rv(> tho ohuroli from tho oalinnity (ho it waH ooiiNidiM'otl) td' that ropulod horoilo'H roHtoralion. | Aiiiuh. | VVIiotli«>r .lao(d)m» wroto any thing in tnuch di«- putod. .loronio, who mttntioiiN him in hiit (%'it- ttii'otu <looH not notit'o him in lim book Ih I'nin l//u.inliiis { and Thoodtn'ot, from whom wo idttain tho amploMt dolail <d' hin lifo, dooH not Hpoak of Imm writiiiK». l''bod .Ionu, in hiu aooouiit of tho Syriae ooolohiuHiioal wriloiN, in aim* tiilont ronpocting'him. On tlio oihor haml, (htnnadmM {Ih Vim ///«.«• (riltiM) awrilioN lo him a work in twonty-wix partH, or jierhapH iwoniv »ix tlinlinot workw, «d" moht of which ho givoH tiio liiloM. Thoy w«'ro in Syriao, aooordiiiK <<» him. Among thorn waw a (Vntimhin^ whioh (loinitidiiiH domriliOMaH Iom onrionnly niinuto tN.'vn thobo of thodrookM, but moro atvu'ralo and jAConua. 547 truktworthy« tu re»tlng on tho Scripturt**. Qouiuv* diuH ucotuntta for JorontoVi kilonoo rt>«pectlng Jx- cohuN by AuppoHing that Jortnno,whon ho wroto Ida y>o t'lna ///M.v/r«YiH,v, wu* ignomnt of Syriac, nud that tho worka of .laoobna had "not vot" (nocdum) boon tranalatoil ; t oxpivaaion which aooma to imply that whon (lontuvdiua wrt>to thoy had boon tninslat(u»," "SancHia .laotdma," ".laoobua Syrua," uro on«- moratoil in tho (htuhtijua MSturmn J»tt^g(> and pupil of Jaoolma of Niaihia ; bnt whothor tho wrilor tnay bo otawclly idontiruul with .1anoH of Niaihia ia not cloar. A volumo publiNliod at Uouo, fol. IT'dt, ia montionod by llarlt^H midor tho tillo of ^S. JimMi /i.'/M,th»/»i /li^'oMft, A'o/w, ft hisitpiititiouo dti rfljhWw. ihHHM NHuo fU'imuM in Im'vm ftiHHUftogi>ry tho Apoatl<> of .Armonia ((JuKOouiHH, No. (i.|, andu iV>/«OitHt litviim ; and it ia romarkablo that Aaaomaul, who had boon infonut«d that tho worka woro ox- tant in MS. in tho library of tho Arumnian con- vont »»f St. Ant»»ny ivt Vonico, roiracta, in tho AfUmih at (hvHiJfmln to tho rtrat vohimo of hia iHNixtt/tfiH (h'iciitalii^ tho opitdon ho had oxproaaod in tho body i)( hia work, tliat .lamoa waa not an author at all, and that (ionnadiua had oonl'oundod .lao.diUH td" Niaibia wiih.laodma of Sarug |No.aj and admila tho gt hubjoota td' tht> Dinotuiraoaagroo to aoonaidorablo oxlonl, lad. not wlmlly, with tho liat givon by (lonnatliua. Tho tlillloully ariaing froni thoir hoing ox taut in tho Arn>onian ami not in tho Syriao languago, which waa tho vornacular tonguo tii'tho wrilor, and in whioh (Ionnadiua aay a thoy woro wriltt>u, ia mot by iho hUppOHiiion that, aa »oing atldroaaoil to an Armonian prolatt<, thtglot'totl and h>Ht. Their not being oxUtnt in any tilhor limnmigo ia thought tt> aoomml for thoir being unkmtwn to, and nnnolicod by, Jortmio, Thooiltiroi, antl IMiotiua. Jactdiua ia connnontoraltMl In tho nioka on tht« Ml at Oct. i in tlm A>/«rg. //. J^. III. -*« | Thoodorot. N N U
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