31 – By ‘tractatus concilii Nicæni’ is meant simply the
Nicene Creed. This is established by S. Ambr. De Fide
iii. 15. 125 (518 Ed. Ben.) where, speaking of the letter
of Eusebius of Nicomedia read at the Council, in reference
to the word ὁμοούσιος, he says, Hæc cum lecta esset
epistola in Concilio Nicæno, hoc verbum _in tractatu fidei_
posuerunt Patres, etc.
32 – The reading in Ed. Ben. is ‘carendum.’ If it is genuine,
the word must have acquired a sort of transitive sense and
have come to mean ‘to be deprived.’ No traces of such an
use is to be found in Facciolati or in Ducange. Ed. Ben.
quotes a parallel use of ‘abstinendus’ but without any
instances. Rom. reads ‘privandum,’ Chifflet ‘curandum,’
either of which give the required sense, but seem
corrections without MS. authority.
33 – The text in this passage is defective and confused: but
the general sense, as given here, may fairly be made out
of it as it stands.
34 – It is to be noticed that the sentence of only twenty-five
Bishops are here given out of thirty two or thirty three.
It is probable therefore that the Record is defective, and
that the sentences of the rest have been lost.
35 – Ed. Ben. here reads, Et cum Secundianus subripuisset. As
subripuisset by itself could have no sense, the reading
of Ed. Rom. has been adopted, Et cum Secundianus se
paullulum subripuisset et postea convenisset. This is
adopted in Tillemont’s narrative, Il sortit mesme de
l’assemblée, mais il revint quelque temps après.