Note 59

See Petavius (Dogm. Theolog. tom. ii. 1. iv. c. 16, p. 453, etc), Cudworth (p. 559), Bull (sect. iv. p. 285-290, edit. Grab.). The Ancient Greek or 'circumincessio', is perhaps the deepest and darkest corner of the whole theological abyss.


Note to Chapter 21 of Decline and Fall by Gibbon