Two letters of advice I. For the susception of Holy Orders, II. For studies theological, especially such as are rational : at the end of the former is inserted a catalogue of the Christian writers, and genuine works that are extant of the first three centuries.
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Two letters of advice I. For the susception of Holy Orders, II. For studies theological, especially such as are rational : at the end of the former is inserted a catalogue of the Christian writers, and genuine works that are extant of the first three centuries.
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descriptionPage 135
A Catalogue of the writings of
such Christian Authors as
flourished before the Conver∣sion
of the Romane Empire to
Christianity.
I.
CLemens Ro∣manus.
His
i. Epistle
to the Co∣rinthians,
un∣doubted.
His 2. Ep. to the
same, though
question'd whe∣ther
his, yet
certainly is of
an Author very
ancient; flou∣rishing
within
the Period in∣tended.
Edit. of a Frag∣ment
of the la∣ter,
and the
former almost
entire, by Pa∣tricius
Junius at
Oxford, Anno.
Dom. MDC.
XXXVIII.
descriptionPage 136
II.
I Gnatius.
His vi. Ep. of
Primate Vsher's
Latine, and Isa
ac Vossius's Flo∣rentine
Greek E∣ditions,
viz.
Ad Ephesios.
Ad Magnesianos.
Ad Trallianos.
Ad Smyrnaeos.
Ad Romanos.
Ad Philadelphien∣ses.
questioned
onely, I think,
out of interest
by the Presby∣terians,
because
he is decretory
against them.
His Epistle ad
Polycarpum is
thought by Isa∣ac
Vosfius in his
notes, undeser∣vedly
questio∣ned
by our Pri∣mate.
Edit. by Primate
Vsher at Oxford,
partly An. Do.
MDCXLIV.
partly
MDCXLVI.
III.
BArnabas.
His Epistle,
if not of the
Apostle, yet cer∣tainly
written
about this time,
seing it is quo∣ted
under his
name by Cle∣mens
Alexan∣drinus
Strom.
ii. p. 273. 274.
285. 290. 300.
v. 417. 421.
and Origen. L.
1. Cont. Cels.
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L. iii. Periarch.
and others.
Edit. together
with Ignatius's
Epistles by Isa∣ac
Vossius A. D.
MDCXLVI. or
alone by Hugo
Menardus. Paris.
MDCXLV..
IV.
ESdras.
His iv. Book
Apocryphall
counterfeited
by some Judai∣zing
Christian
about these
times.
V.
HErmes Tris∣megistus.
His Poemauder
thought to be
a Christian∣counterfeit, by
Casaubon, Ex∣ercit.
i. in Ba∣ron.
num. x.
Edit. the best by
Hannibal Rosel∣lis
Colon. A∣grip.
MDC∣XXX.
fol.
VI.
POlycarpus.
His Epistle
to the Philippi∣ans,
undoub∣ted.
Edit. with Igna∣tius
by Primate
Vsher as afore∣said.
VII.
ECclesiae Smyr∣nensis
Epi∣stola,
concern∣ing
descriptionPage 138
the Martyr∣dome
of St. Po∣lycarp
&c. lar∣ger
than in Eu∣sebius.
Edit. the same.
VIII.
JVstine Martyr.
His undoub∣ted
works.
Paraeneticus.
Oratio adversùs
Graecos.
Apologia I. ad
Antoninum Pium
&c.
Apologia II. ad
Marcum Anto∣ninum
&c.
Dialogus cum Try∣phone.
Epistol. ad Zenam
& Serenum.
His works,
though doub∣ted,
yet most
probably genu∣ine.
De Monarchiô,
not much que∣stioned.
Epistol. ad Diog∣netum,
questio∣ned,
I think,
onely by Syl∣burgius.
Edit. Paris.
MDCXV. Grae∣co-Latin.
IX.
HErmas.
His Pastor
in III. Books un∣doubtedly
an∣cient,
and a∣bout
this time,
at least, as ap∣pears
by the an∣tiquity
of the
Authours that
quote it.
Edit. Bibliothec.
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Patr. Colon. A∣grippin.
MDC∣XVIII.
Tom. I.
p. 27.
X.
PIus the I.
His III. and
IV. Epistles in
the order of
Blondells Editi∣on
not much
questioned.
Edit. David Blon∣dell.
Epistol.
Pontific. Genev.
MDCXXVIII.
XI.
A Thenagoras.
His works,
though menti∣oned
by none
of the Ancients
yet never que∣stioned
that I
know of.
Legatio pro Chri∣stianis.
De Resurrectione
Mortuorum.
Edit. with St.
Justine Martyr
as aforesaid.
XII.
TAtianus.
undoubt∣ed▪
Oratio ad Graecos.
Edit. with S. Ju∣stine
Martyr, as
aforesaid.
Diatessaron,
thought to be
the same with.
Harmonia Evan∣gelica
extant
under the name
of Ammonius A∣lexandrinus.
Edit. Biblioth.
Patr.Edit. Co∣lon.
descriptionPage 140
Agrip. Tom.
III. p. 22.
XIII.
THeophilus
Antioche∣nus.
undoubted.
Lib. III. ad Au∣tolycum.
Edit. with St.
Justine Martyr
as aforesaid.
Commentaria or
Allegoriae in E∣vangelia,
some∣what
doubted
of by St. Hie∣rome
in Cant.
who quotes
them.
Edit. Biblioth.
Patr. Colon. A∣grip.
Tom. II.
XIV.
I Renaeus.
undoubted,
Adversùs Hereses.
L. V.
Edit. the most
compleat that
I have seen is
that of Fevar∣dentius,
having
(besides as
much of the
Original Text
in Greek as
could be had
from the quo∣tations
of an∣cient
Authors)
V. whole chap¦ters
restored
at the end not
extant in any
former. His
notes tend ra∣ther
general∣ly
to abuse
the Protestants
than to ex∣plain
the sense
of his Author.
It is in fol. Co∣lon.
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Ag. MDXC∣VI.
I hope
we may, ere
long, expect a
better Edition
from Oxford.
XV.
...ORacul.Sibyl∣lin.
L. VIII.
A counterfeit
Christian Au∣thor,
quoted
by St. Justine
Martyr and
Theoph. Antio∣chenus,
but not
reduced in∣to
the form
wherein we
have it now
till about the
time of the
Emperor Com∣modus
at least.
Edit. Opsopoei Pa∣risijs,
MDCVII.
XVI.
TEstamenta
Patriarcha∣rum
counter∣feited
by some
ancient Judai∣zing
Christian,
about this
time at the
uttermost; for
it is quoted
by Origen, in
Genes.
Edit. Biblioth.
Patr. Colon.
Agrip. Tom. I.
p. 173.
XVII.
CLemens Alex
andrinus.undoubted.
Protreptic.
Paedagog. L. III.
Stromat. L. VII.
...
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...The VIII. Book
as also the
Greek Eclogae
annexed at the
end of it,
thought to be∣long
to his
Hypotyposes,
the main bo∣dy
whereof
is long since
lost.
Edit. Parisijs
MDCXL.
His 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉;
pub∣lished
under
the name of
Grigen's XX.
Homily on Je∣rem.
is accord∣ingly
extant
in Mich Ghis∣lerius
on Je∣rem.
Tom. III.
p. 262.
Comment. in I.
Ep. S. Petr.
in Epist. S.
Judae in
Ep. Cano∣nicas
S. Jo∣h••nnis.
Are probably
the same ac∣counted
his
by Cassiodore,
Div. L. by
whom they
are all recoun∣ted
excepting
that of S. Jude.
They seem ra∣ther
to have
been collected
out of his
works, especi∣ally
his Hypo∣typoses
now
lost, than
drawn up in
this form by
St. Clement
himself.
...
descriptionPage 143
...Edit. of the
Comment. Bib.
Patr. Tom. I.
p. 1235. Ed.
Secund.
XVIII.
...REcognitio∣num
L. X.
ad Jacob.Fra∣trem
Domini,
translated by
Ruffinus, and
by him dedi∣cated
to one
Gaudentius. I
do not sup∣pose
it to be
the genuine
work of Cle∣mens
Romanus
whose name it
bea••s; for it
is certainly la∣ter
than Bar∣desanes
Syrus,
a discourse of
whose quoted
from him by
Eusebius Pr.
Evang. L. VI.
c. 10. is here
transcribed at
large; and yet
considerably
ancienter than
Origen, Philo∣cal.
by whom
it is attribu∣ted
to Clemens
Romanus him∣self,
which is
the reason
why I place it
about this
time.
Edit. Colon. A∣grippin.
MDL∣XIX.
by Lam∣bert
Gruterus.
XIX.
CElsus.His Alterca∣tio
descriptionPage 144
Jasonis &
Papisci.
A Preface to it is
extant under
the name of
St. Cyprian ad
Vigilium de Ju∣daicâ
Incredu∣litate.
Edit. Tom. III.
of S. Cypri∣an's
works ac∣cording
to Pa∣melius's
distin∣ction.
But the
work is anci∣enter
than O∣rigen,
by
whom it is
quoted, L. IV.
advers Celsum
Epicuraeum.
XX.
TErtullianus:
undoubted.
De Pallio:
Apologeticus:
De Testimonio
Animae.
Ad Scapulam.
De Oratione:
Ad Martyras:
De Spectaculis.
De Idololatriâ.
De Habitu Mulie∣hri.
De cultu Faemi∣narum
L. II.
Ad Vxorem suam
L. II.
De Coronâ Mili∣tis.
De velandis Virgi∣nibus.
Ad Nationes, L. II
first published
by Jacobus Go∣thof••edus
in 40.
Genev. MDC∣XXV.
& there∣fore
not to be
expected in for∣mer
Editions.
Adversùs Judaeos.
...
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De Praescriptio∣nibus
adversùs
Haereticos.
De Baptismo.
Adversùs Hermo∣genem.
Adversùs Valen∣tinianos.
De Anima.
De Carne Christi.
De Resurrectione
Carnis.
De Fugâ in Per∣secutione.
De Pudreitiâ.
De Patientiâ.
Adversùs Asar••i∣onem,
L. V.
Carminum ad∣versùs
eundem,
L. V.
Scorpiacon ad∣versùs
Gno∣sticos.
Adversùs? r ax∣eam.
De Exhortatione
Cas••itatis.
De Monogamiâ.
De J••junto adver∣sùs
Psychicos.
A•••• th••se are in
Ludovicus a
Cerda's Editi∣on,
Paris.
MDCXXIV.
&c. in three
volumes fol.
with Notes.
Or if you
would have an
Edition of an
easier price,
get that of
Franeker,
MDXCII. ra∣ther
than ma∣ny
others,
though later.
Books probably
his, or of some
other of his
Age.
De Poenitentiâ,
Edit. as afore∣said.
...
descriptionPage 146
Genesis.
Sodoma.
Ad Senatorem
conversum.
These three last
are in verse,
and are usual∣ly
extant both
among Tertul¦lian
& St. Cy∣prian's
works,
being ascribed
to both of
them.
Books conjectu∣••ed
by 〈◊〉〈◊〉
to be his,
from the like∣ness
of their
Style.
Ad amicum agro∣••••••.
De 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Circum∣cisio••e.
〈…〉〈…〉.
of S. Hierome's
works.
Edit. Basil.
MDLIII. the
former at pag.
36. the later
at pag. 119.
XXI.
EPistola de Ci∣bis
Judaicis.
Not Tertullian's,
though ascri∣bed
to him,
but of some
Bishop, who
probably flou∣rished
about
this time.
Some think of
Novatian the
Schismatick.
Edit. with Ter∣tullian
as a∣foresaid.
XXII.
〈◊〉〈◊〉 aduer∣sùs
Graecos
descriptionPage 147
...inscripta Con∣tra
Platonem,
De Vniversi
caus••.
A Fragment of
it published
by David Hoe∣schelius
in his
notes upon
Photius's Bib∣liotheca,
Ad
p. 15. by him
attributed to
a Christian Jo∣sephus,
by our
Primate Vsher
to Caius, about
Alexander the
Emperour's
time. Wh••e∣ver
he was
that was Au∣thor
of it, he
seems to have
flourished
within our
Period, and to
have been a
Platonizing
Christian.
XXIII.
M••••ucius Foe∣lix.
His Octavius, un∣doubtedly
his
since discove∣red
by Fr.
Balduin.
Edit. Lugdun. Ba∣tav.
MDCLII.
with notes.
XXIV.
HIppolytus
••ishop &
Martyr, com∣monly
called
Portuensis, if
they be the
same; whether
they were or
no, yet they
seem to have
descriptionPage 148
flourished a∣bout
the same
time, and
have the same
works indis∣criminately
as∣cribed
to them
Such are:
De Antichristo, &
consummatione
Mundi, though
questioned by
several, yet
most probably
genuine, seing
it is mention∣ed
as such by
St. Hierome de
Script. Eccl.
whose Autho∣rity
I conceive
alone suffici∣ent
to coun∣tervail
all
those suspici∣ons
rather
than 〈…〉〈…〉
against it from
the matter.
Edit. Bibliothee.
Patr. Graeco.
Latin. Tom. ii.
p. 342.
Canon Paschalis
not doubted
that I know of.
Edit. Joseph. Sca∣lig.
Lugd. Ba∣tav.
MDXCV.
Books probably
his:
De Deo Trino &
uno & de My∣sterio
Incarna∣tionis,
contra
haeresius Noëti.
Edit. Gerard. Vos∣sis
in miscell.
Sanctor. Pa∣trum
ad ••in.
Gregor. 〈…〉〈…〉
descriptionPage 149
& Helicem
haereticos.
Edit. Heur. Cani∣sii
Tom. V.
Antiq. Lect.
Part. 1 p. 153.
Both of th••se, if
his, are proba∣ble
to have
been Frag∣ments
of his
work against
H••resyes men∣tioned
by the
Ancients.
Demonstratio con¦tra
Judaeos.
Edit. Possevin.
Apparat. verb.
Hippolytus.
XXV.
ORigenes Ada∣mantius.
His undoubted
works:
1. Such as are ex∣tant
in Greek:
Cont. Celsum.
Lib. viii.
...Philoca••••a,〈…〉〈…〉
his works by
St. 〈…〉〈…〉
St. Gregory
...Edit.〈…〉〈…〉
VIII.
Comment on St.
Matth. and on
St. Joh N••w.
Commentaryes on
Jerem. former∣ly
published
by the 〈◊〉〈◊〉
of St. Cyrill.
of Alexandria,
restored to O∣rigen,
together
with several
parts of Philo∣calia〈…〉〈…〉
descriptionPage 150
to the Scrip∣tures
to which
they relate,
&c.
Edit. in 2 vol.
fol. by Petr.
Dan. Huetius,
together with
large and lear∣ned
Prolego∣••••na.
A Fragment of
his Epistle ad
Julium Affri∣canum
concer∣ning
the book of
Susanna.
Edit. by D. Hae∣schelius
Au∣gus••.
Vindelic
MDCII. p. 86.
We may, I hope
〈◊〉〈◊〉 long, ex∣pect
more of
his Tractates
in Greek in an
Edition by
themselves by
the same Hu••∣tius.
2. Such as are
extant in La∣tine,
in a
Tomes, accor∣ding
to Gene∣brard's
Editi∣on,
MDCIV.
Genuine in Tom.
1.
In Genes. Hom.
xvii.
In Exod. Hom. xiii
In Levitic. Hom.
xvi. though
formerly at∣tributed
to S.
Cyrill, yet un∣doubted
since
their restituti∣on.
In Josu•• Hom.
xxvi.
Hom. ii. in Can∣tic.
Cantico∣rum,
interpret.
...
descriptionPage 151
S. Hieronymo.
In Isaiam Hom. ix.
In Jeremiam
Hom. xiv.
In ••zechielem
Hom. xiv.
Periarch••u L••v.
Genuine in Tom.
2.
In Lucam Hom.
xxxix.
In Epist. ad Ro∣man.
Lib.
xxxvi.
Cont. Celsum L.
viii.
Philocalia colle∣cted,
as afore∣said,
out of
his works.
Epist. ad Jul. Af∣frican.
entire
in Latine.
Other works
probably his,
and onely
doubted of
because of the
Liberty taken
by 〈◊〉〈◊〉
in translating
them, of ad∣ding
frequent∣ly
interpolati∣ons
of his
own:
In Num. Hom.
xxviii.
In Judi••. Hom.
ix.
In Lib. Reg••or.
Hom. i.
Hom in Ps. xxxvi
xxxvii xxxviii.
In Cantic. Can∣ticer.
Hom. iv.
cum 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
In divers. Hom.
i. iii. iv. v. vi.
ix. x.
Note that learn∣ed
men do not
r••••y so confi∣dently
on any
thing 〈◊〉〈◊〉
descriptionPage 152
by Ruffi∣nus
because of
the difficulty
of distinguish∣ing
the Origi∣nal
Text from
his interpolati∣ons.
XXVI.
JVlius Affrica∣nus.
His Epistle to Ori∣gen
concerning
the story of Su∣sanna,
un∣doubted.
Edit. with Ori∣gen's
Answer
to him, in
Greek in Haes∣chelius
in La∣tine
Tom. 2••.
of Origen's La∣tine
works, as
aforesaid.
A great part of
his Chronogra∣phy
extant
from Eusebius
in Georg. Syn∣cellus
Edit. Pa∣ris.
MDCLII.
from whence,
not being then
published, it
was borrowed
by Scaliger in
his Edition
of Eusebius's
Chronicon in
Greek.
XXVII.
GRegorius
Thaumatur∣gus.
His undoubted
works.
Charisteria or
Panegyric. ad
Origen. Graeco-Latin.
...Metaphrasis in
descriptionPage 153
Ecclesiasten, ex∣tant
onely in
Latine.
Epistola Canonica
in Latine one∣ly
in Vossius,
but in Greek
also in Balsa∣mon,
Edit.
Graeco-Latin.
Parisijs, MDC∣XX.
p. 902.
His Confession of
Faith recited
by St. Gregory
Nyss••n in his
life, as revea∣led
to him by
St. John Bap∣tist.
Graeco-Lat.
Such as cannot
be easily dis∣proved:
De Animâ ad Ta∣tianum.
In Annunciatio∣nem
B. Virgi∣nis,
Sermones
iii.
Sermo in S. The∣ophaniâ.
Edit. of them all
by Gerard.
Vossius Praepos.
Tungrens. Mo∣gunt.
MDC∣IV.
XXVIII.
AMmonius A∣lexandri∣nus
the matter
of Origen.
undoubted.
Canon, or Har∣monia
Evange∣lica
mistaken
by Victor Ca∣puanus
for Ta∣tianus's
Dia∣tessaron.
Edit. under the
name of Tati∣anus,
Bibl.
descriptionPage 154
Patr. Colon.
Agrip: MDC∣XVIII.
Tom.
ii. p. 183.
XXIX.
COrnelius Ro∣manus,undoubted.
Two Epistles to S.
Cyprian, a∣mong
St. Cy∣prian's
Epi∣stles,
XLVI.
XLVII.
Ep. ad Lupicinum
Edit. among
Blondell's Ep:
Pont. doubt∣ful.
XXX.
CYprianus
Carthag.
His undoubted
works:
All the Epistles,
LXXXIII. ac∣cording
to Pa∣melius's
distri∣bution,
who
has placed
them accord∣ing
to the time
wherein they
were written,
are certainly
his, and the o∣ther
Author's,
to whom they
are inscribed.
De Disciplinâ &
habitu Virgi∣num.
De Lapsis.
De Vnitate Ec∣clesiae.
De Oratione Do∣minicâ.
Contra Demetria∣num.
De vanitate I••lo∣lorum.
De Mortalitate.
...
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De bono Patien∣tiae.
De Opere & Elee∣mosynis.
De Zelo & Livore.
Books most pro∣bably
his, and
thought cer∣tainly
to be so
by Pameliu••.
Libri III. Testi∣moniorum
ad
Quirinum, quo∣ted
by St. Hi∣erome.
De Exhortatione
Martyrij.
De laude Martyrij
ad Moysem &
Maximum &
catero•• Con∣fessores.
De Spectaculis.
De Disciplinâ &
bono Pudicitiae.
Ad Novatianum
haereticum, quòd
L••psis spes ve∣niae
non sit de∣neganda.
Books, if not his,
yet certainly
of ancient Au∣thors
about
his time.
De singularitate
Clericorum.
De Aleatoribus.
De moutibus Sinâ
& Sion.
Adversùs Judaeos
qui insecuti sunt
Dominum no∣strum.
Edit. S. Goulartij
MDXCIII.
The names of Au∣thors
whose
certainly ge∣nuine
works
are extant a∣mong
St. Cy∣prian's,
for the
direction of
young Stu∣dents,
descriptionPage 156
who might
otherwise
meet them
quoted, and
not know
where to find
them.
Donati Ep. I. som∣what
doubted of,
Cleri Romani ad
Clerum Cartha∣giniensem,
Ep.
III. ad Cypri∣anum
Ep. XXX∣XXXI.
Confessorum uni∣versorum
ad
Cyprianum, de
pace Lapsis dan∣da.
Ep. XVII.
Caldonij ad Cy∣prianum
Ep
XIX. Ad Cle∣rum
Carthag.
Ep. XXXIX.
Felicis & caetero∣rum
ad Cypria∣num
Resp. Ep.
LXXX
Concilium Car∣thaginiense
sub
Cypriano, con∣cerning
Rebap∣tization
of
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Haereticks.
XXXI.
Pontius Dia∣conus
His life of St. Cy∣prian,undoub∣ted.
Edit. with S. Cy∣prians
works
as aforesaid.
XXXII.
AN Author a∣bout
that
time against
Rebaptization
of Haereticks.
Edit. among the
Notes of Ri∣galitus,
in his
Edition of St.
Cyprian.
XXXIII.
DIonysius A∣lexandri∣nus.
His undoubted
works:
Epist. Canonica
ad Basiliden.
Edit. with Balsa∣mon
on him,
apud Balsa∣mon.
Edit. as
aforesaid, p.
879.
Ep. adversùs Pau∣lum
Samosate∣num,
translated
by urrian.
Edit Graeco La∣tin.
MDCVI••.
Latin. Bibl. Patr.
Colon. Agrip.
Tom. iii. p. 67.
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XXXIV.
MEthodius
Bishop
of Olympus, &
afterwards of
Tyre, common∣ly
called Pa∣tarensis
by the
Greeks.
undoubted
works:
Excerpta ex Libr.
de Resurrectio∣ne.
Ex Lib. de Creatis,
Ex Lib. de Sym∣posijs,
Ex Lib. contr.
Porphyrium, &c.
All these impro∣ved
above
what had been
extant of them
formerly in E∣piphanius,
Pho∣tius
and Da∣mascen.
Liber de Libero
Arbitrio.
Oratio in Simeon.
& Annam.
Oratio in Ram••s
Palmarum, most
probably his,
though by
some formerly
ascribed to St.
Chrysostome.
Edit Fr. Combesis
cum Amphilo∣chio
&c. Grae∣co-Lat.
Paris.
MDCXLIV.
XXXV.
DE Trinitate,
a work
ascribed by
some to Tertul∣lian,
by others
to Novatian
the haeretick;
but of an Au∣thor
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later than
either of them
being certain∣ly
after the
rise of Sabelli∣us
the haere∣tick
whom he
mentions, and
yet in all pro∣bability
be∣fore
Arianism.
Edit. with Ter∣tullian,
as a∣foresaid.
XXXVI.
ARnobius Afer.undoubted.
L. VII. contra
Gentes.
Edit. Lugd. Ba∣tavor.
MDC∣LI.
with notes.
XXXVII.
LActantius
Firmianus.undoubted:
Divin. Instit. L.
VII.
De Irâ Dei.
De Opificio Dei.
Epitome in Libros
suos.
Edit. Lugdun. Ba∣tavor.
MDC∣LXIV.
XXXVIII.
PEtrus Alex∣andrinus.undoubted:
Epistol. Canonica.
Edit. Balsamon.
p. 887.
XXXIX.
...PAmphilus
Martyr.
Apologia pro Ori∣gene,
I verily
believe genu∣ine,
notwith∣standing
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what St. Hierome objects a∣gainst
it. For Eusebius himself pre∣tends
the assistance of Pamphilus in
his writing that Apology of his, Hist,
Eccl. L. VI▪ c. 36. ••at. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Graec, E¦dit.
Christophorson and it is observed
by Photius••od•• XVIII. who tells us▪
That the first V Books had the assist∣ance
of Pamphilus, the VI nly after his
Martyrdome composed by Eusebius
alone; so that the contrary testi∣mony
of Eusebius produced by St.
Hierome, that Pamphilus wrote no∣thing
but some few Epistles, if it
were rightly quoted (for it doe,
not appear, I think in Eusebius as
extant at present) was in all likely∣hood
to be understood of such
works as he alone was Author of,
whereas in this he had the Assistance
of Eusebius himself. This is the one∣ly
objection insisted on by St. Hie∣rome.
Out of St. Hierome it appears,
That this was onely the first book
of those V. wherein it appears from
Photius, that Eusebius had the assist∣ance
of Pamphilus; so that it seems,
that this alone was selected by Ruf∣finus
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out of the whole work, be∣cause
this, as it should seem, was a∣lone
employed in vindication of the
Opinions of Origen, the rest, as may
be conjectured from their contents
mentioned in Photius, spent in a Hi∣storical
Elogy, and vindication, of
his life. I have the more particular∣ly
insisted on this, and given my rea∣son
why I believe it genuine, be∣cause
the Authority of St. Hierome
has swayed the generality of the
learned world in this particular.
Edit. usually in Origen and St.
Hierom's works.
Note that for the understanding
and judging of these Authors and
their works, it would be very ex∣pedient
to read the Ecclesiastical
History of Eusebius, where also ma∣ny
more considerable Fragments of
the Authors already mentioned, and
several others not mentioned, will
be found, very well worthy perusal
in order to the design intended.