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(φιλόθεοςἱστορία, Godloving history), the name given by Theodoret, the wellknown commentator, bishop of Cyrus, to his lives of thirty ascetics or Eastern monks. "Their virtues," he confesses, " cannot be adequately described," and he relates the most astounding prodigies of them. The tract is in the third folio of Sirmond's edition of his works. (See PHILOTHEIA)
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Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Philotheos Historia'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/philotheos-historia.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.