Dionyfius, the Carthufian, attempts an affociation be-
tween the Myftics and Schoolmen in xv. cent. iii. 456.
Dioptra, a dialogue between the body and the foul, by
Philip the Solitary, an account of, iii. 98.
Diofcorus, an account of, ii. 85.
Dippellus, John Conrad, a Heffian divine, his fanaticifm.
and infolence, v. 327; character of him and his writings,
328 and [9].
Difciples, LXX, their authority and office, accounts of,
uncertain, i. 96; their commiffion extended only to the
Jews, ibid.
Difcords, between Greeks and Latins, feeds fown in vii
cent. ii. 183.
Divines, Belgic, declare war against the form of concord,
348; adopt the fentiments of Voet, and affift him in his
controverfy with Des Cartes in xvii. cent. v. 423.
Divines, biblical, their state in xiv cent. 363, 364.
didactic, in xiv cent. both Greek and Latin, adopt
the rules of the Ariftotelian philosophy in their writings,
iii. 363.
Myftic, in xiv cent. an account of, iii. 365,
Polemic. See Controverfial writers.
Saxon, adopt in appearance the opinion of
Auguftus, Elector of Saxony, and his followers in xvi
cent. iv. 343, 344 and [w]; but endeavour to abolis
it, ibid. convened at Torgow; fome imprisoned and
banished, ibid. and [x]; attack Calixtus, v. 304; their
malicious conduct after his decease, 305; draw up a new
creed, 306.
Divinity, syftematic, none to be met with in i cent. i.
187.
Doctors, Chriftian, a famous divifion of, into two claffes
in xii cent. iii 92; their manner of expounding fcrip-
ture, ibid. oppofition from both fides, with the effects,
93, 94.
Lutheran, corrupted by the ftratagem of the Je-
fuits, iv. 308; never attempted to give a regular fyftem
of morality, 309; favourite maxim among them, v.
291 and [w].
Doctors, Swifs, write against the form of concord, iv. 348;
aim to reduce all churches under one form of eccle-
faftical government, 353; are far from adopting the
doctrine of Prediftination, 369; endeavour to reconcile
the Puritans and Church of England, 437.
Doctrine, fecret, among the ancient Christians, in what
it confifted, i. 119. .
fathers of the Chriftian, in France and Italy,
founded in xvi cent. by Cæfar de Bus, iv. 203.
Dodwell, Henry, his works in defence of the Non-juring
Bishops, an account of, v. 419 and [7].
Dolet, a fuppofed infidel in xvi cent. iv. 159.
Dominic, his zeal in extirpating error, and destroying He-
retics, iii. 195; founds an order of Monks, 196; dies
at Bologna, ibid.
Dominicans, an order of Monks founded in xiii cent. iii.195;
the vow abfolute poverty is imposed on them by their
founder, 196; fome fent into England, found mo-
nasteries, and are known there by the name of Black
Friars, 197; called Jacobins in France, with other ap-
pellations, ibid, [r]; efteemed by the Popes, with the
eminent fervices done to the latter, 199; difpute be-
tween them, and the university of Paris, 201; its deci-
fion in their favour by the Pope, 202 and [b]; warmly
oppofed by St Amour, ibid. erect their firft court of
inquifition at Toulouse, 270; deny that Dominic found-
ed this tribunal, ibid, [g]; model it after the tribunal
of Penance, 272; deprived of their ancient honours,
and how long, 370 and [n]; the cruel and impious
fraud practifed by them at Bern in xvi cent. iv. 18
and [4]; difcovery and fate of the actors, fub fin, not.;
greatly inftrumental in obtaining the condemnation of
Luther, 22; their doctrine of the facraments, what,
231 [b].
Domitian perfecutes the Chriftians, and why, i. 62; the
martyrs, who, ibid.
Donatifts, rife of the controverfy with, i. 402; whence fo
called, ibid and [c]; their difpute with Cæcilianus,
403; their appeal to Conftantine against him, 404;
the caufe determined againft them in two councils,
405; their invectives against Conftantine, who deter-
mines in favour of Cæcilianus, and the confequences,
406; their ftate under Julian and Gratian, 408; the
two caufes of their decline, 409; the principal crime
they are charged with, ibid; their defeat in the reign
of Honorious, ii. 98; and fuppreffion, 142.
Dorotheus, Abbot of Palestine, his afcetic differtations, ii.
174; moral works, 180.
Dort, fynod of, in which the doctrine of Arminius is con-
demned, v. 367; its decifions treated with contempt
in England, 369; and neglected among the reformed in
France, 370; difliked by King James I. and the Eng-
lifh clergy, 389.
Dofitheus, a Samaritan impoftor, improperly called an He-
retic, i. 139, 140 and [u].
Doxopatrius, eminent for his knowledge in ecclefiaftical
polity, ii. 540.
Druthmar, Chriftian, his Commentary on St Matthew,
ii. 315
Dudith, his character, iv. 502 [u].
Dulciaus, an eminent fanatic in xiii cent. iii. 291; the
leader of the fect of the apostles, ibid, his death, 292.
Dunbar (Lord Treasurer), procures the famous act of the
affembly of Scotland in favour of Epifcopacy, under
James I. of England, v. 388, fub. not. [ƒ].
Dungal, an Irishman, his great character, ii. 294; writes
in defence of images, 338.
Dunkelfpubl, Nicholas, his zeal in reforming the monks
in xv cent. iii. 433.
Dunfan of Glaffenbury, his character and works, ii. 415
and [p].
Duraus, John, his pacific exploits, v. 275; great cha-
racter, ibid; fome of his tenets, 276; propenfity to
the fentiments of the Myftics and Quakers, 278.
Durandus, William, an account of, iii. 240.
of St Portion, a polemic divine in xiv cent.
iii. 360.
Durfians, Duruzians, a fect which inhabits Mount Liba-
nus, iv. 270; their origin and religion uncertain, ibid
and [ƒ].
Dutch, their fchemes for propagating their doctrine in
the East Indies, v. 40; zeal for fpreading the gof-
pel truths in the American provinces, how obilructed,
and fuccefs in Surinam inconfiderable, 50 and [u, w]{
fects among them in xvii cent. 434.
Duytz, Rupert, his great character, iii. 78; an eminent
expofitor in xii cent. 87; refutes the Jews, 99; his
fentiments of the Eucharist, and other religious contests,
104.
EAST, the remains of ancient fects, in xvi cent. iii.
266.
Eafter, difputes in ii cent. about the time of keeping it,
i. 207; occafion and progrefs of them, ibid. they pre-
vail principally between the Afiatics and Romans, 209;
hence is drawn a ftriking argument against the supre-
macy of the Bishop of Rome, 209 and [w]; the pro-
grefs of this diffention flopped by the prudence of Ire-
næus, and the Afiatic Chriftians letter, ibid. the cele-
bration made the fame through all Chriftian churches,
by the council of Nice, 210.
Ebionites, a fect of Heretics who lived in ii cent. i. 46;
their origin, 213; Gospel, ibid. and [e]; whence they
derived their name doubtful, 214; their tenets very
dangerous, ibid. 215 and [i, k].
Eccard, Henry, a brother of the Free Spirit, a man of
great erudition and family in xiv cent. iii. 379.
Ethellenfis, Abraham, his pacificatory attempts to recon-
cile the Greek and Latin churches in xvii cent. v. 247.
Eckius, one of the firft adverfaries of Luther, iv. 35; his
difpute with Carloftadt on the power and freedom of
the human will, and with Luther on the powers of the
Pope, 44 and [c]; urges Leo X. Pope, to excommuni-
cate the latter, 50 and [7]; his dispute with Melanc
thon at Worms, 107,
Eclectics, philofophers, their order established at Alexan-
dria, and whence their rife, i. 37; how different from
thofe philofophers of this name in the time of Ammo-
nius, 171; who prefer Plato to all others, 173.
- philofophers, fo called in xvii cent. v. 95; method,
ibid. most famous among them, ibid.
Ebefis, edict, publifhed by the Emperor Heraclius in ix cent. ii. 192; received in the East, but rejected by Pope John IV. ibid.
Eginard, Abbot of Selingeftat, his character, ii. 292; author of the life of Charlemagne, 314; admired for the beauty of his diction, and elegant perfpicuity of style, ibid.
Egyptian fect of Gnoftics, their notions, i. 216; different from the Afiatic Gnoftics, and in what, with their various leaders, 223.
Elcefaites, an heretical fect in ii cent, and their founder, i. 216.
Elfric, Archbishop of Canterbury, his character and works, ii. 415, 416 and [9].
Eligius, or Eloi, Bishop of Limoges, his works, ii. 175; account of a good Christian in vii cent. 176.
Elipand, Archbishop of Toledo, his heretical tenets, ii. 255 and [k].
Elizabeth, of Schonauge, the Prophetefs in xii cent. iii. 83.
Elizabeth, Queen, her character and religious establishment, iv. 123; her propenfity to Romish ufages confidered, iv. 390 and [7]; oppreffes the Puritans, 391; her opinion concerning church government, 417 and [x].
Elizabeth, Princefs Palatine, fhews favour to the Labbadifts in xvii cent. v. 511; her taste for fanaticism, and account of, ibid. [e].
Elliot, John, his fuccefs in converting the Indians, and character, v. 48.
Elmacin, George, an hiftorian, who wrote the hiftory of the Saracens in xiii cent. iii. 150.
Elxat, and followers, an account of, i. 216.
Emperors, Chriftian, their severity against Paganifm in iv cent. why levelled against the multitude, i. 334. Empire, Roman, its ftate at Chrift's birth, i. 19; the nature of its government confidered, 20; its advantageous to Christianity, ibid. enjoys peace at the time of Chrift's appearance, and the neceffity for fuch a tranquillity to the fuccefs of the gofpel, 21. Empire, caftero, its decline in viii cent. through intef VOL. VI.
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