Read the twenty-five books of Theodore of Antioch[29] against
Eunomius[30] in defence of St. Basil.[31] His style is somewhat
obscure, but the work is full of ideas and sound reasoning, and
contains a wealth of evidence taken from the Scriptures. He refutes
the arguments of Eunomius almost word for word, and amply proves that
he is very ignorant of outside knowledge and still more so of our
religion. I believe he is the Theodore who was bishop of Mopsuestia.
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Read also the attack of Sophronius[32] on Eunomius in defence of
St. Basil. His style is clearer and more concise than that of
Theodore. He does not traverse all the arguments of Eunomius, but
chiefly attacks and refutes those which appear to contain the most
essential points of his heresy. The style is aphoristic, the language
in general free and simple[33] and not disagreeable, although
embellished with over-laboured arguments.