91 Firmilian, bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, in a letter addressed to Cyprian, preserved amongst those of Cyprian (_Epist._ 75. ed. Potter. p. 220.), says, in reference to the diversity of customs “circa celebrandos dies paschæ, et circa multa alia divinæ rei sacramenta,” “Nec tamen propter hoc ab ecclesiæ Catholicæ pace atque unitate aliquando discessum est.” Athanasius, (_de Synodis Arimini et Seleuciæ_, § 5.), says, that before the Council of Nice, οἱ μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς Συρίας καὶ Κιλικίας καὶ Μεσοποταμίας ἐχώλευον περὶ τὴν ἑορτὴν, καὶ μετὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐποιοῦντο πάσχα. Chrysostom, in his _Discourses against the Jews_, in that one in which he dissuades the Christians of Antioch from joining in their observances, (tom. v. _Hom._ 55. p. 608. ed. Benedict.) reminds them that the Church of Antioch once universally kept the ante‐paschal fast with the Jews, although they had, since the Council of Nice, given up that practice: Καὶ ἡμεῖς οὕτως ἐνηστεύομεν πρότερον, ἀλλ᾽ ὄμως προετιμήσαμεν τὴν συμφωνίαν τῆς τῶν χρόνων παρατηρήσεως. 92 Theodoret. _Hist._ I. 9. Euseb. _de Vit. Const._ 19. 93 See Massuet, _Diss. Præv._ II. § 21. 94 Euseb. _Hist. Eccl._ V. xxiv. 3. quoted p. 47, note 9. 95 Jerome in _Catal._ quoted p. 8, note 7. 96 Euseb. as quoted p. 47, note 1. 97 See note 3, p. 48. 98 _Hist. Eccl._ v. 26. Ἀλλὰ γὰρ πρὸς τοῖς ἀποδοθεῖσιν Εἰρηναίου συγγράμμασι καὶ ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς, φέρεταί τις αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἕλληνας λόγος συντομώτατος καὶ ταμάλιστα ἀναγκαιότατος, Περὶ ἐπιστήμης ἐπιγεγραμμένος· καὶ ἄλλος, ὃν ἀνατέθεικεν ἀδελφῷ Μαρκιανῷ τοὔνομα, εἰς ἐπίδειξιν τοῦ ἀποστολικοῦ κηρύγματος· καὶ βιβλίον τι Διαλέξεων διαφόρων, ἐν ᾧ τῆς πρὸς Ἐβραίους ἐπιστολῆς καὶ τῆς λεγομένης σοφίας Σολωμῶντος μνημονεύει, ῥητά τινα ἐξ αὐτῶν παραθέμενος. 99 See p. 2, note 7. 100 In the _Answer_ to _Question_ 115. Ὁ μακάριος Εἰρηναῖος, ὁ μάρτυρ καὶ ἐπίσκοπος Λουγδούνου, ἐν τῷ περὶ τοῦ Πάσχα λόγῳ κ. τ. λ. 101 Tom. II. p. 152, ed. Combefis. 102 On Isaiah, lxiv. 4, 5. in vol. iv. p. 761 of his Works. 103 _Hist. Franc._ x. 27. Veniente persecutione, talia ibidem diabolus bella per tyrannum exercuit, et tanta ibi multitudo Christianorum ob confessionem divini nominis est jugulata, ut per plateas flumina currerent de sanguine Christiano; quorum nec numerum nec nomina colligere potuimus: Dominus enim eos in libro vitæ conscripsit. Beatum Irenæum, diversis in sua carnifex præsentia pœnis affectum, Christo Domino per martyrium dedicavit. 104 Tillemont, _Mémoires_, tom. iii. part. 1. S. Irenée, Art. x. 105 Gregor. Turon. _de Gloria Martyrum_, I. 5. Hic in crypta Basilicæ B. Joannis sub altari est sepultus.