sects. In this manner they swarmed soon after the apostles’ time, and instituted three sorts of councils; first, a general, second, a provincial, third, an episcopal, a council being to be held in every bishopric. Since the time of the apostles, threescore general and provincial councils have been held, among which only four are especially worthy of praise; two, those of Nicea and Constantinople, maintained and defended the Trinity and the godhead of Christ; the other two, those of Ephesus and