Οταν δε πάλιν εισαγάγη τον πρωτότοκον εις την οικου μένην, λέγει, καὶ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες ̓Αγγελος

de Blois' works are not his, but by Peter Comestor. De Blois' sermons are only to be found in Goussainville's edition of this archdeacon's works. Peter Comestor was a regular canon of St. Victor's in Paris, and died in the year 1198, æt. 65. Besides the sermons published by mistake as the work of De Blois, he wrote a large Scholastic History, which comprehends the sacred history from Genesis to the end of the Acts. This is reckoned a good thing, and has been abridged by one Hunter, an Englishman.

But as to Councils, we have the following account of the eighteen general ones in the Vatican library, and are told, that the several inscriptions affixed to them were made by pope Sixtus V.; the famous Felix Peretti, who was born the 13th of December, 3521, and died the 27th of August, 1530, in the 69th year of his

age.

The first Council, which is that of Nice in 325. St. Sylvester being pope, and Constantine the great emperor, Jesus Christ the Son of God is declared consubstantial with his Father; the impiety of Arius is condemned; and the emperor, in obedience to a decree of the council, ordered all the books of the Arians to be burnt.

The second Council, which is that of Constantinople in 381. The holy Damascus being pope, and Theodo

Θεοῦ.

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sius the elder emperor, the divinity of the Holy Ghost is defended against the impious Macedonius, and his false doctrine is anathematized.

The third Council, which is that of Ephesus in 431. St. Celestin being pope, and Theodosius the younger emperor; Nestorius, who divided Jesus Christ into two persons, is condemned, and the Holy Virgin is decreed to be the mother of God.

The fourth Council, which is that of Chalcedonia in 451. St. Leo being pope, and Marcian emperor, the unhappy Eutychius is anathematized, for maintaining that Jesus Christ had but one nature.

The fifth Council, which is the second of Constantinople in 553. Vigilius being pope, and Justinian emperor, the debates relating to the doctrine of Theodore, bishop of Mopsueste; Ibas, bishop of Edessa, and Theodoret, bishop of Cyr, are suppressed, and the errors of Origen are separated from the holy doctrine.

The sixth Council, which is the third of Constantinople in 680. St. Agatho being pope, and Constantine Pagonatus emperor, the heretics called Monothelites, who admitted but one will in Jesus Christ, are condemned.

The seventh Council, which is the second of Nice in 784. Adrian being pope, and Constantine, the son of Irene, being emperor, the impiety of the image-breakers.

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is condemned, and the worship of the holy images is established in the church.

The eighth Council, which is the fourth of Constantinople in 689. Adrian II. being pope, and Basil emperor. Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinople, is reestablished in his see, and Photius, the usurper, is with ignominy driven away.

The ninth Council, which is the first of Lateran in 1122.

The tenth Council, which is the second of Lateran in 1189. The canons of these two councils are wanting, and they have no inscription in the Vatican.

The eleventh Council, which is the third of Lateran in 1179. Alexander III. being pope, and Frederick I. emperor; the errors of the Vandois are condemned.

The twelfth Council, which is the fourth of Lateran in 1215. Innocent III. being pope, and Frederick 11. emperor; the false opinions of the abbot Joachim are condemned; the holy war, for the recovery of Jerusalem, is resolved, and the Croisades are appointed among Christians.

The thirteenth Council, which is the first of Lyons in 1245. Under the pontificate of Innocent IV., the emperor Frederick is declared an enemy to the church, and deprived of the empire; they deliberate on the recovery of the Holy Land; St. Lewis, King of France,

gelist, explain this mystery:" Who is the first-begotten, how came he into the world? Mysterium

is declared chief of that expedition. The cardinals are honoured with red hats.

The fourteenth Council, which is the second of Lyons in 1274. Gregory X., being sovereign pontiff, the Greeks are reunited to the church of Rome; St. Bonaventure does signal service to the church in this council; friar Jerome brings the king of the Tartars to the council, and that prince receives, in the most solemn manner, the blessed water of baptism.

The fifteenth Council, which is that of Vienne in 1311. Under the pontificate of Clement V., the Decretals, called the Clementines from the name of this pope, are received and published; the procession of the holy sacrament is instituted throughout Christendom; and professors of the oriental languages are established in the four most famous universities in Europe, for the propagation of the Christian faith in the Levant.

The sixteenth Council, which is that of Florence in 1439. The Greeks, the Armenians, and the Ethiopians, are reunited to the catholic church, under the pontificate of Eugene IV.

The seventeenth Council, which is the fifth of Lateran, began in the year 1517. They declared war against the Turks, who had seized the island of Cyprus, and possessed themselves of Egypt, on the death of the sultan: the emperor Maximilian, and Francis I., king

hoc aperi, effare etiam nunc, qui voces habes immortales. Resera nobis puteum vitæ. Da, ut nunc quoque de salutis fontibus hauriamus.

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of France, are appointed generals of this war, under the popes Július II. and Leo X.

The eighteenth Council, which is that of Trent, the last of the oecumenical or general councils; held from the year 1545 to the year 1563. Paul III. Julius III. and Pius V. reigning at Rome, the Lutherans and other heretics are condemned, and the ancient discipline of the church is re-established in her exact and regular practice.

These, reader, are the eighteen famous General Councils; and if you will turn to the third volume of a work, called Notes relating to Men, and Things, and Books, you will find my observations on them; my remarks on the popes, the princes, and the fathers, assembled; their unchristian immoralities, and sad acts against the laws of Christ, in order to establish for ever, that very senseless, and very wicked religion, called Popery; which is, a composition of sin and error so base and abominable, that we might expect such a thing from the devil; but it is impossible it could come from heavenly-inspired fathers. In that book you will find many thoughts on the religion delivered to the world by those Councils, and by them established, though it is in reality a disgrace to Christianity; a dishonour to the religion of nature; and a faction against the