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These florilegia provide evidence of Theodoret's considerable learning, with 238 texts drawn from 88 works, including pre-Nicene writers such as Ignatius, Irenaeus and Hippolytus, as well as theologians such as Athanasius and the Cappadocian Fathers. Source: Internet
The work is interspersed with lengthy florilegia (anthologies of patristic citations), which may be the reason for its preservation. Source: Internet