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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 840 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHANGRA, or KANGHARI (anc. Gangra; called also till the See also:time of See also:Caracalla, Germanicopolis, after the See also:emperor See also:Claudius)  , the See also:chief See also:town of a "sanjak of the same name in the See also:Kastamuni vilayet, See also:Asia See also:Minor, situated in a See also:rich, well-watered valley; See also:altitude 2500 ft . The ground is impregnated with See also:salt, and the town is unhealthy . Pop . (1894) 15,632, of whom 1o86 are Christians (Cuinet) . Gangra, the See also:capital of the Paphlagonian See also:kingdom of See also:Deiotarus Philadelphus, son of See also:Castor, was taken into the See also:Roman See also:province of See also:Galatia on his See also:death in 6–5 B.C . The earlier town, the name of which signified " she-See also:goat," was built on the See also:hill behind the See also:modern See also:city, on which are the ruins of a See also:late fortress; while the Roman city occupied the site of the modern . In See also:Christian times Gangra was the See also:metropolitan see of See also:Paphlagonia . In the 4th See also:century the town was the See also:scene of an important ecclesiastical See also:synod . Synod of Gangra.—Conjectures as to the date of this synod vary from 341 to 376 . All that can, be affirmed with certainty is that it was held about the See also:middle of the 4th century . The synodal See also:letter states that twenty-one bishops assembled to take See also:action concerning See also:Eustathius (of Sebaste?) and his followers, who contemned See also:marriage, disparaged the offices of the See also:church, held conventicles of their own, wore a See also:peculiar See also:dress, denounced riches, and affected especial sanctity . The synod condemned the Eustathian practices, declaring however, with remarkable moderation, that it was not virginity that was condemned, but the dishonouring of marriage; not poverty, but the disparagement of honest and benevolent See also:wealth; not See also:asceticism, but spiritual See also:pride; not individual piety, but dishonouring the See also:house of See also:God .

The twenty canons of Gangra were declared ecumenical by the See also:

council of See also:Chalcedon, 451 . See Mansi ii. pp . 1095-1122; See also:Hardouin i. pp . 530-540; See also:Hefele 2nd ed., i. pp . 777 sqq . (See also:English trans. ii. pp . 325 sqq.) .

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