Note 056 We are indebted to Ambrose (De Fide,1. iii. cap ult.) for the knowledge of this curious anecdote. Hoc verbum posuerunt Patres, quod viderunt adversariis esse formidini; ut tanquam evaginato ab ipsis gladio, ipsum nefandae caput haereseos amputarent.

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Note to Chapter 21 of Decline and Fall by Gibbon