61 Theodora, on being appointed by her husband regent during the minority of her son, was obliged to swear that she would not restore the _idols_. The Jesuit Maimbourg, who wrote a history of the iconoclasts, maintains that, in restoring the worship of images, she did not commit a perjury, because _she swore that_ she would not restore the _idols_, but not _images_, which are not idols. 62 I may add, as well as the Russo-Greek Church, which, as I shall have an opportunity to show afterwards, is no less opposed to Protestantism than her rival, the Church of Rome. 63 Thus, for instance, the well-known work of the celebrated patriarch Photius, written in the ninth century, contains extracts from and notices of many works which have never reached us. 64 “Edinburgh Review,” July, 1841, p. 17. 65 According to the author of “Hierurgia,” Cassianus suffered martyrdom under the reign of Julian the Apostate; we know, however, from history, that no persecution of Christians had taken place under that emperor. Cassianus’ body is still preserved at Imola, but according to Collin de Plancy he has besides a head at Toulouse. 66 “Hierurgia,” by D. Rock, D.D., second edition, p. 377, _et seq._ 67 Prudentius was known as a man of great learning, and had filled some important offices of the state. 68 The title of this book is—“Opus illustrissimi Caroli Magni, nutu Dei, Regis Francorum, Gallias, Germaniam, Italiamque sive harum finitimas provincias, Domino opitulante, regentis, contra Synodum quæ in partibus Greciæ, pro adorandis imaginibus, stolide sive arroganter gesta est.” 69 I think that it has recently been completed at Brussels. 70 The title of Ruinart’s work is—“Acta primorum Martyrum sincera et selecta ex libris, cum editis, tum manuscriptis, collecta eruta vel emendata.” 4to, Paris 1687, and several editions afterwards. 71 The most important of these Apocrypha of the New Testament, some of which have reached us, whilst we know the others from the writings of the fathers, are the Gospels according to St Peter, to St Thomas, to St Matthias, the Revelations of St Peter, the Epistle of St Barnabas, the Acts of St John, of St Andrew, and other apostles. 72 Mabillon on the Unknown Saints, p. 10. _Apud_ Basnage, p. 1047. 73 “Vie de St François Xavier,” par le Pere Bouhours, 1716. _Apud_ Maury, p. 22. 74 “Liber Aureus Inscriptus, Liber Conformitatum Vitæ Beati ac Seraphici Patris Francisci, ad Vitam Jesu Christi Domini Nostri.” It went through several editions. 75 The title of this curious work is “Histoire de St François d’Assise, par Emile Chavin de Malan.” Paris: 1845. 76 “Edinburgh Review,” April 1847, p. 295. 77 History of St Waltheof, p. 2 in the 5th vol. of the collection. 78 Ibid., p. 24.