, the patriarch of Alexandria in the seventeenth century, was sent
, the patriarch of
Alexandria in the seventeenth century, was sent into England by Cyrillus Lucar, to be instructed in the doctrine and
discipline of our church, and to learn the English and Latin languages. For these purposes he applied to archbishop
Abbot, who procured him admission into Baliol college,
Oxford, where he remained until 1622, at which time he
was chancellor to the patriarch of Constantinople; but on
his return to his own country, was chosen patriarch of
Alexandria. On his way home, and while in Germany, he
drew up “A Confession of Faith of the Greek Church,
”
printed at Helmstadt, Gr. and Lat. in