156. Lucian in Alexandro, c. 25. Christianity, however, must
have been very unequally diffused over Pontus; since, in the
middle of the third century, there were no more than
seventeen believers in the extensive diocese of
Neo-Caesarea. See M. de Tillemont, Memoires Ecclesiast. tom.
iv. p. 675, from Basil and Gregory of Nyssa, who were
themselves natives of Cappadocia.