April 15. 1850.
_Zenobia a Jewess?_ (No. 24. p. 383.)--
"To conclude what I have to say of this princess, I shall add
here, after M. de Tillemont, that St. Athanasius _took her to be
a Jewess_, meaning, without doubt, _in respect of her religion_;
and that, according to Theodoret, it was to please her that Paul
of Samosata, whom she patronised, professed opinions very like
those of the Jews concerning the person of Jesus Christ, saying
that he was only a mere man, who had nothing in his nature
superior to other men, nor was distinguished from them any
otherwise than by a more abundant participation of the divine
grace."--Crevier, _Hist. of Rom. Emperors_, Book 27. "Aurelian,"
vol. ix. p. 174.