Supposition, however groundless, shews him to have been in great Repute in those Parts[716]. ----- Footnote N13: _Ursacius_ and _Valens_ first abjured, or rather pretended to abjure, their Errors at _Milan_, before the Council, that at this Time was sitting there. From _Milan_ they repaired to _Rome_, and there abjured anew their Errors, in the Presence of _Julius_, and the whole _Roman_ Church. Here _Baronius_ observes, _that as this was a Matter of too great Moment to be finally decided by the Council of_ Milan, _though the_ Roman _Presbyters were present, they sent them to_ Julius, _that they might abjure their Errors in his Presence, agreeably to the antient Custom of the Catholic Church_; viz. _that eminent Heretics should abjure their Heresies only at_ Rome[N13.1]. But, in the first Place, they were not sent by the Council; but went to _Rome_ of their own Accord, as _Osius_ assures us, in express Terms, _Illi ultre Romam venerunt_[N13.2]. In the second Place, the Matter was finally determined by the Council of _Milan_; for the Council received their Recantation, and restored them to the Communion of the Church. And what else was to be done? what else could _Julius_ do? But if the Matter was finally determined by the Council, what could induce them, says _Baronius_, to travel to _Rome_, and abjure anew their Heresy there? The Answer is obvious: They had imposed upon the Council by a pretended Abjuration, and went to _Rome_ to impose, in like manner, on _Julius_, and obtain by that means his Communion; which they did accordingly, notwithstanding his _Infallibility_. Besides, as both _Athanasius_ and his Enemies had referred their Cause to the Arbitration of _Julius_, he was the fittest Person to receive the Retraction of the false Evidence, which they had formerly given. As to the Custom, mentioned by _Baronius_, that _eminent Heretics should abjure their Heresies only at_ Rome, no Man can be so little versed in Ecclesiastical History as not to know, that no such Custom ever obtained in the Catholic Church. Not to recur to more antient Times, the _Arian_ Bishops, that is, Bishops guilty of the same Heresy as _Ursacius_ and _Valens_, abjured their Errors before the Council that was held at _Jerusalem_ in 335. There they renounced their Heresy; there they were all restored to the Communion of the Church, without going, or offering to go, to _Rome_. And many of those Bishops were surely more eminent Heretics than either _Ursacius_ or _Valens_. Footnote N13.1: Bar. ad ann. 350. n. 23. Footnote N13.2: Apud Ath. ad Solitar. ----- ----- Footnote 671: Buch. p. 273. Footnote 672: Concil. tom. 2. p. 527. Footnote 673: Bar. ad ann. 337. n. 67. Footnote 674: Blond. decret. p. 451. Footnote 675: Athan. apol. 2. p. 741-745. Footnote 676: Id. ib. Footnote 677: Id. ib. Socr. l. 2. c. 15. Soz. l. 3. c. 8. Footnote 678: