e emperor, who courted
the popes, till he got them into his power.]

[Footnote 93: Procopius, Anecdot. c. 13. Evagrius, l. iv. c. 10. If the
ecclesiastical never read the secret historian, their common suspicion
proves at least the general hatred.]

[Footnote 94: On the subject of the three chapters, the original acts
of the vth general council of Constantinople supply much useless, though
authentic, knowledge, (Concil. tom. vi. p. 1-419.) The Greek Evagrius is
less copious and correct (l. iv. c. 38) than the three zealous Africans,
Facundus, (in his twelve books, de tribus capitulis, which are most
correctly published by Sirmond,) Liberatus, (in his Breviarium, c. 22,
23, 24,) and Victor Tunnunensis in his Chronicle, (in tom. i. Antiq.
Lect. Canisii, 330--334.) The Liber Pontificalis, or Anastasius, (in
Vigilio, Pelagio, &c.,) is original Italian evidence. The modern reader
will derive some information from Dupin (Bibliot. Eccles. tom. v. p.
189--207) and Basnage, (Hist. de l'Eglise, tom. i. p. 519--541;) yet the
latter is too firmly resolved to depreciate the authority and character
of the popes.]

[Footnote 95: Origen had indeed too great a propensity to imitate the
old philosophers, (Justinian, ad Mennam, in Concil. tom. vi. p. 356.)
His moderate opinions were too repugnant to the zeal of the church, and
he was found guilty of the heresy of reason.]

[Footnote 96: Basnage (Praefat. p. 11--14, ad tom. i. Antiq. Lect.
Canis.) has fairly weighed the guilt and innocence of Theodore of
Mopsuestia. If he composed 10,000 volumes, as many errors would be a
charitable allowance. In all the subsequent catalogues of heresiarchs,
he alone, without his two brethren, is included; and it is the duty
of Asseman (Bibliot. Orient. tom. iv. p. 203--207) to justify the
sentence.]

[Footnote 97: See the complaints of Liberatus and Victor, and the
exhortations of Pope Pelagius to the conqueror and exarch of Italy.
Schisma.. per potestates publicas opprimatur, &c., (Concil. tom. vi. p.
467, &c.) An army was detained to suppress the sedition of an Illyrian
city. See Procopius, (de Bell. Goth. l. iv. c. 25:). He seems to promise
an ecclesiastical history. It would have been curious and impartial.]

[Footnote 98: The bishops of the patriarchate of Aquileia were
reconciled by Pope Honorius, A.D. 638, (Muratori, Annali d' Italia,
tom. v. p. 376;) but they again relapsed, and the schism was not finally
extinguished till 698. Fourteen yea