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sort of complete bibliography of the questions touched upon in this book would be a very large undertaking. The following list contains most of the works that have been used or consulted for the various chapters. In any case I have quoted only one or two books on each subject, leaving out those that seem either out of date or less useful. The list may easily be expanded into a very large one, since the German books nearly all contain further bibliographies.

The history of this development will be found in outline in any Church History. I have referred to J. Hergenröther Handbuch der allgemeinen Kirchengeschichte (iv edition, ed. by J. P. Kirsch, Freiburg, Herder, 1902. Vols. i and ii); F. X. Kraus: Lehrhuch der Kirchengeschichte (Trier, Lintz, iv ed. 1896), and L. Duchesne: Histoire ancienne de l'Église (Paris, Fontemoing, 1906), i. The first chapter of L. Duchesne: Origines dii Ciilte chretien (Paris, Fontemoing, ii ed. 1898) covers the same ground. Michael le Quien: Oriens christianus in IV patriarchatus digestus (Paris, 1740) is the standard work for the history of the Eastern Patriarchates. Le Quien was a learned Dominican. In the three folio volumes of his work he traces the history of each province and diocese, and gives biographical notices of all the bishops known. The maps are also valuable. Now that enormously more is known about the Christian East the time has come for a new Oriens christianus.