1
Bellarmin. de Rom. Pont. Lib. iv. 25; iv. 24; i. 9.
2
De Maistre, du Pape. Liv. i. ch. i.
3
S. Cyprian de Unit. Ecc. 12.
4
"Development," &c. p. 22.
5
Thomassin, Part i. lib. i. ch. 4. De l'ancienne discipline de l'Eglise.
6
St. Cypr. de Unit. 4. Oxford Tr.
7
Quoted by Thomassin, ut sup.
9
S. Aug. Tom. v. 706, B.
10
S. Chrys. Tom. ii. 594, B.
11
St. Jerome, tom. ii. 279, Vallarsi.
13
The words in italics are left out by Mr. N.
14
Thomassin, Part i. liv. i. ch. iii.
15
Of a passage in this letter, De Maistre says (Du Pape, liv. i. ch. 6): "Resuming the order of the most marked testimonies which present themselves to me on the general question, I find, first, St. Cyprian declare, in the middle of the third century, that heresies and schisms only existed in the Church because all eyes were not turned towards the Priest of God, towards the Pontiff who judges in the Church in the place of Jesus Christ." A pretty strong testimony, indeed, and one which would go far to convince me of the fact. Pity it is, that when one refers to the original, one finds that St. Cyprian is actually speaking of himself, and of the consequences of any where setting up in a see a schismatical Bishop against the true one. After this, who will trust De Maistre's facts without testing them? The truth is, he had taken the quotation at second hand, and never looked to see to whom it was applied. It suited the Pope so admirably that it must have been meant for him. But I recommend no one to change their faith upon the authority of quotations which they do not test.
16
Epist. 67. De Marciano Arelatensi.
20
De Unit. Ecc. Oxf. Tr.
21
Op. St. Cypr. p. 329. ed. Baluz.
30
Liv. i. ch. 2, sect. 5.
31
Liv. i. ch. 3, sect. 8.
32
Fleury, Liv. xii. xxix. Conc. Sard. Can. 3, 4, 7.
33
Thomassin, Part I. liv. i. ch. 40. sect. 2.