180 .THE FATenO. [BOOK I. other men pleased. The writing of' books with.the inoeripu'on of gre?t riMnee began early in the church, and'continued for some thne. The Arians wrote an episde to Constantine, under the n-me of Athanaaitm.* The Eutychians wrote against Cyril of Alexandria under the name of Theodoret. In the books attributed to St. Basil, containing thirty chapters, de Spiritu Sancto, fifteen of them were written by another hand, as i8 manifest from the difference of style and manner. This appears clear from the preface of Erasmus to hi8 edition of Basil. t Scarcely any father who is the author of any considerable number of books has escaped the violence of the times. The abuse has been so evident, that interested persons of any side, when pressed with the authority of any ancient father, attempt to escape by acctmiag the edi- .tion, or the author, or the hands through which it passed. 2. Tbe f?tl?r, ?a? been wrn,pt?d in ?r? ?, ? ?, ?d ? ? ? di? ,?es. The s? ?e? co? complan ?at the cons?mfious of St. Clement were ?ultem?. instances of this ?d of co?pfion ?g? be ?ven.? 3. T? ? ? ? f?s ?e c?pod ? ?d ? ? g? ind?es ? t? C?rcA of R?e. The king of S?n ?ve a com?ssion ? the inq?simm to p?ge ?1 Catholic aurora; but the clause, "?at they sho?d keep ?e o?? ?dex ?tely, neither im?g t?t ?dex, nor ?ving a copy of it to ?y." But, the ?d prevalence of G?, a?ut thi?en yo? afar, a ?py of it ebbed ?d pubSbed by Jo?nes Pappus and F?cisc? Ju?u8; and ?cause it came ?fo? the pubhc a?nst ?eir wills, ?ey found it uecess? m o? it, ?d ?ve accordingly p? it ?e?iv?. They ? purged ?e.?dexes of ?e fa?e?' wor?, ? well ? ?eir wo?. In Chumtom's wor?, prin?d at B?, ?m ?s flint homily'? John they blot om ?e following wo?s: "The ch?ch is n? ?t the man, but on the faithY In h? se?n on ?ntec?t ?ey e?e ?e wo?s, "There is no roefit but what ? ?ven ? by Chmt." ?e ?me fa?er h? s?erM in m?y other places. ?en Beam hM said" ?sibfiiter," they m?e him say "in6sibi- hter ;" aM w?t they do m Be?mm they do m ?e?; and ?ey ?c?ion from ?eir co?ec?ous of th? author m fo? ?e foHo? general ?e of conduct concerning aH ?cient author: "In ?e Ca?olic write? we suffer ve? many e?, and e?enu? and ex? �m; and ?ng out some comments, we fei? ?me convexout sense, when they ?e op?sed ? dispu?ions." ? t?s role they ?ve p?cfised largely. In the Sp?ish ?de? by the command of Gas?r Q?mga, ?ch- bishop of Toledo, and ? that ?so of Sandoval, ?e purge ? p? on the "Bibliotheca Palm," collected by Bi?us, where not only gloss u?n St. Gre? of Neecoarea, but ?e wor? of St. Anthony the ab?t, St. Mehm, Mark ?e hermit, Dorotheus, ?d ?ve? othem, ?e purged. That the reader may ? satisfied ? ? ?e manner of proceeding, the doctgnes and say?g8 blotted out are ?ch ? the fol- lowing 8?cimens: "We have le?ed ? womMp ? renege nature ?l? that ? ?created ;" hem ?lu? only ? o?d. �A?I. Ate. ? Com?., ?de ?n., A.D. ?. ? ? Taylor's ? of ??, ?. 8. Wor?, ?. ii, p. ?. 1 �Di9itized Io� Goodie
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