(Found in Gelasius, Historia Concilii Nicæni, lib. II., cap. xxxiii.; Socr., H. E., lib. I., cap. 6; Theodor., H. E., lib. I., cap. 9.) To the Church of Alexandria, by the grace of GOD, holy and great; and to our well-beloved brethren, the orthodox clergy and laity throughout Egypt, and Pentapolis, and Lybia, and every nation under heaven, the holy and great synod, the bishops assembled at Nicea, wish health in the LORD. FORASMUCH as the great and holy Synod, which was assembled
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