[301:3] Vid. the Author's Athan. trans. [ed. 1881, vol. ii. pp. 331-333, 426-429, and on the general subject his Theol. Tracts, art. v.] [302:1] Fleury, Oxf. tr. xxvii. 39. [302:2] Ibid. 41. In like manner, St. Athanasius in the foregoing age had said, "The faith confessed at Nicæa by the Fathers, according to the Scriptures, is sufficient for the overthrow of all misbelief." ad Epict. init. Elsewhere, however, he explains his statement, "The decrees of Nicæa are right and sufficient for the overthrow of all heresy, _especially_ the Arian," ad. Max. fin. St. Gregory Nazianzen, in like manner, appeals to Nicæa; but he "adds an explanation on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit which was left deficient by the Fathers, because the question had not then been raised." Ep. 102, init. This exclusive maintenance, and yet extension of the Creed, according to the exigences of the times, is instanced in other Fathers. Vid. Athan. tr. [ed. 1881, vol. ii. p. 82.] [303:1] Fleury, ibid. 27. [304:1] Concil. Hard. t. 2, p. 141. [A negative is omitted in the Greek, but inserted in the Latin.] [304:2] Supr. p. 245. [304:3] Ad Const. ii. 9. Vid. Athan. tr. [ed. 1881, vol. ii. p. 261.] [305:1] Concil. Hard. t. 2, p. 162. [307:1] Fleury, Hist. Oxf. tr. xxvii. 37. [307:2] Ep. 116. [307:3] Conc. Hard. t. 2, p. 36. [308:1] Ep. 43. [308:2] Fleury, Hist. Oxf. tr. xxviii. 17, note _l_. [308:3] Concil. Hard. t. 2, p. 68. [308:4] Fleury, Oxf. tr. xxviii. 2, 3. [310:1] Ibid. 20. [311:1] Conc. Hard. t. 2, p. 656. [312:1] [Can any so grave an _ex parte_ charge as this be urged against the recent Vatican Council?] [313:1] I cannot find my reference for this fact; the sketch is formed from notes made some years since, though I have now verified them. [313:2] Leont. de Sect. v. p. 512. [313:3] Concil. Hard. t. 2, p. 99, vid. also p. 418. [313:4] Renaud. Patr. Alex. p. 115. [313:5] Assem. t. 2, pp. 133-137. [315:1] Leont. de Sect. vii. pp. 521, 2. [315:2] Fac. i. 5, circ. init. [315:3] Hodeg. 20, p. 319. [317:1] _i. e._ Arianism in the East: "Sanctiores aures plebis quam corda sunt sacerdotum." S. Hil. contr. Auxent. 6. It requires some research to account for its hold on the barbarians. Vid. _supr._ pp. 274, 5. [317:2] Gibbon, ch. 47. [317:3] Assem. t. 2, de Monoph. circ. fin. [318:1] Leont. Sect. v. init. [318:2] Tillemont, t. 15, p. 784. [319:1] Tillemont, Mem. t. 15, pp. 790-811. [320:1] Gibbon, Hist. ch. 36, fin. [321:1] Gibbon, Hist. ch. 36, fin. [321:2] Gibbon, Hist. ch. 47.