The work referred to is the _Leben Jesu_ 1835. A popular
edition was published in 1864.
[56] From "Fleury (Preface) on the Gospel."--Arnold's _Note Book_.
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[57] Cicero's _Att._ 16. 7. 3.
[58] ~Coleridge's happy phrase~. Coleridge's _Confessions of an
Inquiring Spirit_, letter 2.
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[59] ~Luther's theory of grace~. The question concerning the "means of
grace," i.e. whether the efficacy of the sacraments as channels of the
divine grace is _ex opere operato_, or dependent on the faith of the
recipient, was the chief subject of controversy between Catholics and
Protestants during the period of the Reformation.
[60] ~Jacques Benigne Bossuet~ (1627-1704), French divine, orator, and
writer. His _Discours sur l'histoire universelle_ (1681) was an attempt
to provide ecclesiastical authority with a rational basis. It is
dominated by the conviction that "the establishment of Christianity was
the one point of real importance in the whole history of the world."
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[61] From Virgil's _Eclogues_, iv, 5.
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