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596 Credibility of the Gospel History.
*' Cave y speaks honourably of Euzoius: but none of his
works remain, no, not the titles of them ; though Jerom says,
they might be easily had in his time.
Euzoius is mentioned by Epiphanius^ among those, whom
he calls Semi-Arians.
11. George, bishop of Laodicea, Hourislied, as Cave says,
about the year 340. He wrote the Life of Eusebius bishop
of Emesa, which'^ Socrates and *" Sozomen made use of. He
likewise published a book against the Man ichees, mentioned
by*" Theodoret and'^ Photius. And Sozomen® has a short,
but warm letter of his against Aetius.
He was a native of Alexandria, and at first presbyter
there, before he was bishop. George is often mentioned,
and sometimes quoted bys Athanasius. Theodoret says,
that'' though he was an Arian, he was a great philosopher.
Nor has Philostorgius failed to observe, that' before he was
made bishop, he made good progress in philosophy.
One thing however, perhaps, is not to the honour of this
Arian bishop and philosopher, that in his Life of his friend
Eusebius, bishop of Emesa, he**^ relates many miracles to
have been done by him. This, in all probability, ought to
be ascribed to credulity or partiality.
Beausobre particularly laments the loss of two books,
written against the Mnnichees, ' which ' probably were very
* excellent and valuable, as may be concluded from the
' capacity of the authors. The first is that of George bishop
' of Laodicea, whom Athanasius decries as the worst of all
' men, because he was one of the principal supports of
' Arianism : to whom however Theodoret bears witness, as
' one of the greatest philosophers of his time. The second
' book is that of Eusebius of Emesa. This bishop, being
* born at Edessa in Mesopotamia, understood Syriac, which
* was the vulgar tongue of the province, and was able to
* read the works of Mani in the original. Moreover he
* lived at a time, when the memory of his life and actions
y Vir plane docfus ac diligens. Ubi supr.
^ H. 73. n. 37. p. 685. C. » L. ii. c. 9.
•• L. iii. c. 6. '^ H.F.I, i. c. ult. fin.
d Cod. 85. ' Vid. Sozom. 1. iv. c. 1.3.
' Vid. Philost. 1. viii. c. 17. e Tttopytog St 6 vw ev hao^iKixf,
vptv TOTi rt]Q AXiKnvSptia^. De Synod, n. 17. p. 731. B.
''
ai'rjfi Tt]c liiv ApiiH TTpOTareviov ciiixusmq, toiq Se fiKonoipoiQ ivri-
dga^iuivoQ ixaQrjfiam, II. F. 1. i. c. lilt. f. ' K«i
VfMpywqSf AXi^av-
Sptvg ytp TO yn'or, kcu rwv t/c (/uXocro^mc ipfuopfiivutv. — Phil. 1. viii. c. 17.
^ TiXivraiov Se nrayii Kai on Tfpayr)(Tai to Ohov,
wf fiapTvpti rtwfiytoc u AaoSiKivc-— '^o'i. 1. iii. c. ('). p. 504. B.
' See Hist, dc Munich. T. i. p. 223, 224.