Some of these wealthy men, heiresses and widows had already become orthodox Catholics by the mid-fourth century; in addition there were many large-scale local landowners identified with the Caecilian party and, of course, with imperial authority. Первоначально монашество развивалось в среде просто народной, но уже во второй половине IV в. в его рядах насчитываются и многие просвещенные люди.
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имя существительное
any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions Синонимы: blindworm,
прилагательное
of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae