buttherulesofdisciplinewillvaryinremoteandindependentchurches；andthereason，evenofdivines，mightallow，thatthedifferenceisinevitableandharmless。ThecraftorsuperstitionofRomehasimposedonherpriestsanddeaconstherigidobligationofcelibacy；amongtheGreeksitisconfinedtothebishops；thelossiscompensatedbydignityorannihilatedbyage；andtheparochialclergy，thepapas，enjoytheconjugalsocietyofthewiveswhomtheyhavemarriedbeforetheirentranceintoholyorders。AquestionconcerningtheAzymswasfiercelydebatedintheeleventhcentury，andtheessenceoftheEucharistwassupposedintheEastandWesttodependontheuseofleavenedorunleavenedbread。ShallImentioninaserioushistorythefuriousreproachesthatwereurgedagainsttheLatins，whoforalongwhileremainedonthedefensive?Theyneglectedtoabstain，accordingtotheapostolicaldecree，fromthingsstrangled，andfromblood:theyfastedaJewishobservance!ontheSaturdayofeachweek:duringthefirstweekofLenttheypermittedtheuseofmilkandcheese；^6theirinfirmmonkswereindulgedinthetasteofflesh；andanimalgreasewassubstitutedforthewantofvegetableoil:theholychrismorunctioninbaptismwasreservedtotheepiscopalorder:
thebishops，asthebridegroomsoftheirchurches，weredecoratedwithrings；theirpriestsshavedtheirfaces，andbaptizedbyasingleimmersion。SuchwerethecrimeswhichprovokedthezealofthepatriarchsofConstantinople；andwhichwerejustifiedwithequalzealbythedoctorsoftheLatinchurch。^7
[Footnote2:Phot。Epist。p。47，edit。Montacut。TheOrientalpatriarchcontinuestoapplytheimagesofthunder，earthquake，hail，wildboar，precursorsofAntichrist，&c。，&c。]
[Footnote3:ThemysterioussubjectoftheprocessionoftheHolyGhostisdiscussedinthehistorical，theological，andcontroversialsense，ornonsense，bytheJesuitPetavius。
DogmataTheologica，tom。ii。l。vii。p。362—440。]