Note 039 See Daille, de Usu Patrum, and Le Clerc Bibliotheque Universelle, tom. x. p. 409. To arraign the faith of the Ante-Nicene fathers was the object, or at least has been the effect, of the stupendous work of Petavius on the Trinity (Dogm. Theolog. tom. ii.), nor has the deep impression been erased by the learned defence of Bishop Bull.

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Note to Chapter 21 of Decline and Fall by Gibbon