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602 Credibility of the Gospel History.
only says: It" is thought, that we still have his Commentary
upon tlie Psalms, and some fragments of what he wrote on St.
MaJthew. 1 must own likewise, that it appears to me very
doubtful, wliether the Commentary upon the Psalms, published
by Corderius, be justly ascribed to this bishop of
Heraclea in its present condition. It is however well written,
and there are in it many good observations. The author (if
the remarks of several are not there mixed together) recieved"
the epistle to the flebrews as St. Paul's.
17. I may not omit Ulphilas, but must aim at brevity,
and refer to others, both p ancients andi moderns, for a more
particular account.
Cave supposeth him to have flourished chiefly about the
year 365.
Socrates says, thaf Ulphilas subscribed the Arian creed
of the council held at Constantinople in 360, who before
had followed the Nicene faith, whicli had been signed by
Theophilus, bishop of the Goths, who was present at that
council.
It seems, that^ in the time of the emperor Valens, the
christians of that country were brought more generally into
the Arian scheme than they had been before. Theodoret
expressly says, that^ the Goths had long before received the
rays of divine light, and until that time had been nourished
in the apostolical doctrine. He adds, that" even after that
alteration they believed indeed the Father to be greater
than the Son ; but they did not call the wSon a creature,
though they communicated with those who did so.
Ulphilas was in great authority with that people, and
very useful to them. He cultivated among them civility
and learning, and made many converts to the christian religion.
He" invented for them an alphabet, and translated
the scriptures of the Old and New Testament into their
" Les Ariens, Art. 21. sub fin. ° Vid. Corderii Caten. Patr.
Gr. in Ps. ii. ver. 7. T. i. p. 27. In Ps. viii. ver. 6. p. 158. In Ps. xxix
[al. xl.] ver. 7. p. 740. '' Socr. 1. ii. 41. f. 1. iv. 33. Soz
1. iv. c. 24. 1. vi. c. 37. Theod. 1. iv. c. 37. Piiilost. 1. ii. c. 5.
•I Cav. H. L. Tillein. Les Ariens, art. 132, 133.
• Socr. I. ii. c. 41. ^ Vid. Socr. 1. iv. c. 33. Soz. 1. vi. c. 37.
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(povTo doyfiaat. Theod. 1. iv. c. 37. p. 195. D.
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