Confession sent by _Damasus_, _Paulinus_ would not admit him to his Communion; upon which he pulled off the Mask, publicly renounced the Communion both of _Damasus_ and _Paulinus_, and, bidding Defiance to the Canons, accepted the Title and Dignity of Bishop of _Antioch_, offered him by _Apollinaris_. [Sidenote: Apollinaris _openly declares against the Church._] At the same time that Heresiarch, finding he could conceal himself no longer, openly declared, that he would communicate with none who held, that our Saviour had taken a human Soul, and human Understanding: which was separating himself from the Communion of the Catholic Church[1088]. It was long before it was believed in the Church that those Tenets had been broached, or were held, by _Apollinaris_: no Credit was given, at first, even to his Disciples, most People being inclined to think, that they were mistaken, and did not comprehend the sublime Thoughts of that great Man[1089]. But when no room was left for any further Doubt, the Surprize and Concern of the whole Catholic Party were equal to the high Opinion they had entertained of him till that Time[1090]. When _Epiphanius_ writ against the _Apollinarists_, he well knew _Apollinaris_ to be the Author of that Sect; for he reproaches him with this unwarrantable Separation from the Church; and yet he speaks of him with the greatest Respect; seems to think, that many Things had been unjustly fathered upon him; and takes a great deal of Pains to assure his Reader, that what he writes is Truth, and not Calumny proceeding from any private Pique, Malice, or Grudge[1091]. [Sidenote: _A great Schism in the Church._]