So that it would be less dangerous, at least in _Italy_, to deny any Truth revealed in the Scripture, than to question any Fable related in the _Breviary_. The Feast of _the Snow_, or _St. Mary in the Snow_, is kept annually at _Rome_, on the 5th of _August_, with the greatest Solemnity. The College of Cardinals assists that Day at Divine Service in the Church of _Saint Mary the Greater_; and the Pope, if not indisposed, or otherwise prevented, officiates in Person: the _Primicerio_, or Dean of that Church, reads the Account, which I have delivered above; and, that nothing may be wanting to complete the Farce, Numbers of Children are employed, during the Service, to drop Jessamins from the Gallery on the Congregation, in Remembrance and Imitation of the miraculous Snow. And truly by Children alone such Fables are proper to be acted and believed. [Sidenote: _The Writings of_ Liberius.] Several Pieces have reached our Times, which were either written by, or have been falsly ascribed to, _Liberius_. Among the former are, his Letter in Answer to the _Macedonian_ Bishops; another to the Catholic Bishops of _Italy_; which have been both mentioned above; and a Discourse, which he pronounced on _Christmas-day_ in the Church of St. _Peter_, on Occasion of his giving the sacred Veil to _Marcellina_ the Sister of St. _Ambrose_ when she embraced the State of Virginity. This Discourse St. _Ambrose_ has inserted in his Third Book on Virgins, but in his own Style, which is very different from that of _Liberius_, who had not the Gift of Eloquence[975]. [Sidenote: _Writings falsly ascribed to him._] Among the Pieces falsly ascribed to _Liberius_, most Men of Learning reckon the Confession of Faith, written in _Greek_, which he is supposed to have sent to _Athanasius_. This Piece _Baronius_ will, by all means, have to be genuine; and the Use he makes of it is somewhat extraordinary. The Council of _Alexandria_, to which the Church owed her Safety, was convened by _Athanasius_, upon his Return from Exile, as I have related above. By that small Assembly, consisting only of Confessors, was enacted the famous Decree with respect to those, who had communicated with the _Arians_, and signed the Confession of _Rimini_. To that Decree the whole Church readily conformed; so that the Honour of saving the Church was chiefly owing to _Athanasius_, and wholly to him and the other Confessors. Of _Liberius_ not the least Mention is made; so that he had no Share in that Glory. [Sidenote: _Strange Conjectures of_ Baronius.] The _Annalist_ therefore, not being able to bring in his Sovereign Pontiff upon the Authority of any Records now extant, has recourse to those that probably never were; or, if they ever were, are now no more. He supposes Part of the above-mentioned Confession of Faith, sent by _Liberius_ to _Athanasius_, to be wanting; and _Liberius_, in the Part that is wanting, to have impowered _Athanasius_ to convene a Council, and to have appointed _Eusebius_ of