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ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION.

A VERY few words will suffice for the purpose of explaining in what respects the Third Edition of this Volume differs from those which preceded it.

Its text has been relieved of some portion of the literary imperfections necessarily incident to a historical sketch, its author's first work, and written against time.

Also, some additions have been made to the footnotes. These are enclosed in brackets, many of them being merely references (under the abbreviation "Ath. Tr.") to his annotations on those theological Treatises of Athanasius, which he translated for the Oxford Library of the Fathers.

A few longer Notes, for the most part extracted from other publications of his, form an Appendix.

The Table of Contents, and the Chronological Table have both been enlarged.

No change has been made any where affecting the opinions, sentiments, or speculations contained in the original edition,-though they are sometimes expressed with a boldness or decision which now displeases him; -except that two sentences, which needlessly reflected on the modern Catholic Church, have, without hurting the context, been relegated to a place by themselves at the end of the Appendix.

April, 1871.

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3. Its serviceableness to Arianism, as opposed to theological

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And to formal dogma, &c.

No historical evidence of its aiding Arianism
Its success in Syria

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In Africa: Sabellius.

In Phrygia: Montanists
First form, Patripassian

Second form, Emanative

2. Its influence on the language of Catholics:

Of Dionysius of Alexandria

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1. Knowledge of the Christian doctrine a privilege to be
sought after:-

As being not a subjective opinion, but the truth

And reserved and concealed by the early Church

From reverence

Unlike the present state of religion

2. Contrary temper of heresy :-

For instance, in the Gnostics

And still more, in the Arians
Examples.

Defenceless state of Catholics

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