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writings belonging to the Unitarians, except what has been quoted
from them in the writings of their opponents, such as the learned
Greek Patriarch Photius and those before him.
Among the "Fathers" of the Eastern Christians, one of the most
distinguished is St. Ephraim the Syrian. He is the author of many
works, chiefly of a commentary on the Bible which is published both
in Syriac and in Latin, which latter edition I had carefully read in
Rome. He has also homilies, dissertations called "midrishi" and
"contra Haeretici," etc. Then there is a famous Syrian, author
Bir Disin (generally written Bardisanes) who flourished in the latter
end of the second and the first of the third century A.D. From the
writings of Bir Disin nothing in the Syriac is extant except what
Ephraim, Jacob of Nesibin and other Nestorians and Jacobites have
quoted for refutation, and except what most of the Greek Fathers
employed in their own language. Bir Disin maintained that Jesus
Christ was the seat of the temple of the Word of God, but both he
and the Word were created. St. Ephraim, in combating the "heresy"
from them in the writings of their opponents, such as the learned
Greek Patriarch Photius and those before him.
Among the "Fathers" of the Eastern Christians, one of the most
distinguished is St. Ephraim the Syrian. He is the author of many
works, chiefly of a commentary on the Bible which is published both
in Syriac and in Latin, which latter edition I had carefully read in
Rome. He has also homilies, dissertations called "midrishi" and
"contra Haeretici," etc. Then there is a famous Syrian, author
Bir Disin (generally written Bardisanes) who flourished in the latter
end of the second and the first of the third century A.D. From the
writings of Bir Disin nothing in the Syriac is extant except what
Ephraim, Jacob of Nesibin and other Nestorians and Jacobites have
quoted for refutation, and except what most of the Greek Fathers
employed in their own language. Bir Disin maintained that Jesus
Christ was the seat of the temple of the Word of God, but both he
and the Word were created. St. Ephraim, in combating the "heresy"