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 taken, to ascertain genuine facts. For altars, which are raised from dreams and the idle fancies of men, must not be supported." Can. xiv. Conc. Gen. T. ii. p. 1217.

St. ISIDORE OF PELUSIUM, G. C.-“If it cause offence, that we honour the remains of the Martyrs, on account of their love of God, and their constancy in suffering; enquire of those who have received cures from them, and learn, what the relief has been. Thus, ceasing from ridiculing what we do, you will rather imitate what is right and praiseworthy." Ep. lv. L.i. p. 17.

THEODORET, G. C.-" The souls of these triumphant Martyrs dwell above, associated with the choirs of angels; while their bodies are not confined each in its monument, but cities and villages dividing them among them, call them (the Martyrs) the preservers and physicians of their souls and bodies. They venerate these Saints as the presidents and guardians of their cities, and through their intervention with the Lord of all, obtain many blessings. Their kindness is not divided, as the body may be ; and the smallest portion has the same power as the undivided Martyr. Favours are distributed, as the faith of the suppliant is strong:- That this is so, those (votive) offerings, which have been presented for the recovery of health, publicly attest. They represent eyes, or feet, or hands.—But while the power of the dead is thus proclaimed, this power also proclaims, that their God is the true God.” Serm. viii. adv. Gentes, T. iv. p. 593. 606.

St. CÆLESTIN, L. C. - In his letter to the General Council of Ephesus, he says: “I entreat you, my brethren, let that brotherly love alone be considered, in which we ought to remain united, according to the advice of John the