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PATROLOGIAE GRAECAE TOMUS CXLI. JOANNES VECCUS, CONSTANTINOPOLITAN PATRIARCH. CONSTANTINUS MELITENIOTA. GEORGIUS METOCHITA.

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JOHN BECCUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

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INDEX OF AUTHORS AND WORKS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME CXLI.

JOHN VECCUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

Notice from the Library of Fabricius. col. 9 On the union of the Churches of Old and New Rome, from Leo Allatius's *Orthodox Greece*, as are those that follow, except for those which appear here for the first time. 15 On the procession of the Holy Spirit. 157 Epistle to Agallianus, deacon of the Great Church. 275 Synodal sentence. 281 Three books to Theodore, bishop of Sugdea. 289 Four books to Constantine. 337 Against Andronicus Camaterus. 395 Inscriptions or prescriptions regarding the sayings and opinions of the holy Fathers on the procession of the Holy Spirit. 613 Refutation of the book of Photius on the procession of the Holy Spirit, from a manuscript in the Laurentian Library, edited and translated by D. J. Hergenröther, professor of theology at the University of Würzburg. 725 Refutation of the book of George Cyprius, concerning which one must by all means consult Jos. Ant. de Rubeis in the *Life of George Cyprius*, vol. CXLII, at the beginning. 863 On ecclesiastical peace. 925 Epistle to Pope John with a profession of faith and recognition of the primacy. 943 Orations on his own deposition. 949 Apology. 1009 On his books. 1019 Testament. 1020

CONSTANTINE MELITENIOTA, CHARTOPHYLAX OF THE GREAT CHURCH.

Two orations on the ecclesiastical union of the Latins and Greeks and on the procession of the Holy Spirit through the Son. 1031

GEORGE METOCHITA, DEACON OF THE GREAT CHURCH.

Against Maximus Planudes. 1275 Against Manuel the Cretan. 1307 Fragment from his books on the procession of the Holy Spirit. 1405 On the union of the Churches. 1419 Two historical fragments on the schism of the Churches. 1421

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