assembled for that Purpose in the Church of St. _Laurence_, called _in Lucinis_. _Ursinus_ was ordained the first, by _Paul_ Bishop of _Tivoli_; which _Damasus_, who had always panted after the Episcopal Dignity, no sooner knew, than he hired a great Number of Chariot drivers, and other such despicable Wretches, who, violently breaking into the Basilic of _Julius_, massacred a great many People there. Seven Days afterwards they made themselves Masters of the _Lateran_ Basilic, and there was _Damasus_ ordained Bishop[985]. [Sidenote: _Different Accounts of these Elections._] This Account charges _Damasus_ alone with the Schism, and the Evils attending it. On the other hand, the Council of _Rome_, held about Twelve Years after, lays the whole Blame on _Ursinus_, who, say they, boldly attempted to usurp a Dignity, which on no Score was due to him[986]; and that which met at _Aquileia_ in 381. and consisted of all the most eminent Bishops of the West, ascribes to _Ursinus_, and his Temerity, the many Calamities the Church had suffered; paints him as a Man of no Credit, Character, or Reputation; and adds, that he seized by Force what he had no Hopes of attaining by lawful Means[987]. _Ambrose_ writes, that the Suffrage of Heaven concurred in the Election of _Damasus_[988]. According to these Authorities _Damasus_ was lawfully elected, and _Ursinus_ unlawfully. As to the Particulars of his Election, _Jerom_, who perhaps was then at _Rome_, tells us, that _Damasus_ was first chosen, and then _Ursinus_, who, after his Election, seized by Force on the Basilic of _Sicinus_[989], that is, according to the most probable Opinion, the Basilic of _Liberius_, now _Saint Mary the Greater_. _Socrates_ says, that _Ursinus_ having near as many Votes as _Damasus_, he was thereby encouraged to hold separate Assemblies, and to get himself ordained in a dark and retired Corner of the Basilic of _Sicinus_[990]. _Ruffinus_ assures us, that _Damasus_ was already ordained, when _Ursinus_, transported with Rage at his being preferred to him, assembled a great Number of seditious People, and, supported by them, caused himself, in Defiance of the Canons of the Church, to be ordained, in the Basilic of _Sicinus_, by _Paul_ Bishop of _Tivoli_; whereas the Bishops of _Rome_ were always ordained and consecrated by those of _Ostia_. After his Consecration, continues this Author, he ordained several Persons; which was adding a Sacrilege to his unlawful Election[991]. Both _Ruffinus_, and _Socrates_, who follows him, were certainly mistaken as to the Place of this Ordination, since we are told by _Marcellinus_ and _Faustinus_, that _Ursinus_ was ordained, not in the Basilic of _Sicinus_, but in that of _Julius_[992]. These Two Writers, who were in _Rome_ at the Time of the Elections, tell us, in express Terms, that _Ursinus_ was chosen before _Damasus_; and _Jerom_, who was probably in _Rome_ at the same Time, assures us, in Terms no less express, that _Damasus_ was chosen