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Arius, and his Followers. EuNOMius. 591
This last charge too is in^ Epiphaniiis, from whom, I
suppose, Augustine had it. And 'I'heodoret says, he" had
heard of such things, but he does not know them to be
true.
These people were also called Anomeans from the principle
just mentioned ; that the Son is unlike the Father.
Epiphanius calls the heresy by that name, and says, that''
Aetius was the author of it. Which is evident from things
taken notice of by us formerly.
Let us now observe Eunomius's writings.
1.) A Commentary upon the Ej)istle of Paul to the
Romans, not extant; of which Socrates speaks in this manner:
' Eunomius'' had but little skill in the sacred writings,
' and was not able to interpret them. With abundance of
' words, repeated and diversified, he never attained his
' purpose: which fully appears from his seven tomes upon
' the epistle of the apostle to the Romans; where wasting
' a great many words, he shows himself not able to repre-
' sent the scope of the epistle.'
2.) An Apologetical Discourse, still'' extant, answered
by Basil in five books.
3.) An Exposition*" or Confession of Faith, presented to
the emperor Theodosius in 383, stilH extant: upon which I
would make the following remarks.
(1.) This confession is in the common order of ancient
creeds : first of God, then of Christ, his person, death, resurrection
; then of the Holy Ghost, the resurrection of the body,
the general judgment, eternal life: but nothing of Christ's
descent into hell, nor of the catholic church, nor the communion
of saints, nor the forgiveness of sins.
(2.) Here are references to many texts of scripture, particularly
the first epistle^' of Peter, and the'' epistle to the
Hebrews.
(3.) Here Eunomius says, that' Christ took man, consist-
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Synops. p. 810. Vid. etH. 76. n. iv.
•* H. Fab. 1. iv. c. 3. p. 237. B. C. ^ Avonom vaXiv ivtg
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1. iv. c. 7. p. 215. C. ^ ^p. Fab. Bib. Gr. T. viii. p. 262,
&c. et Canis. Lection. A. T. i. et ap. Basilii opp. T. i. p. 618. ex edit. Bened.
« Vid. Socr. 1. v. c, 10. p. 269. A. Sozom. 1. vii. c. 12. p. 719. B.
f Ap. Fabr. B.b. Gr. T: viii. p. 253. et alibi.
3 lb. p. 253, et 257. " P. 257.
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