“I know not Vitalis, I reject Meletius, I pass by Paulinus; he that cleaveth to the Chair of Peter, he is mine.” Thus, about the year 376, when the whole East was disturbed by the competitions for the episcopal See of Antioch, wrote an unknown monk to Pope St. Damasus.
“”Sijui Vitalis, I kukataa Meletius, mimi kupita na Paulinus; Naye unagandamana na Mwenyekiti wa Peter, yeye ni wangu. “”Kwa hiyo, kuhusu mwaka 376, wakati Mashariki nzima ilikuwa kusumbuliwa na mashindano kwa ajili ya Maaskofu Angalia la Antiokia aliandika Mtawa haijulikani kwa Papa St Damasus.