Note 45 Sozomen (1. i. c. 15) represents Alexander as indifferent, and even ignorant, in the beginning of the controversy; while Socrates (1. i. c. 5) ascribes the origin of the dispute to the vain curiosity of his theological speculations. Dr. Jortin (Remarks On Ecclesiastical History, vol. ii. p. 178) has censured, with his usual freedom, the conduct of Alexander;

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