Groningen, and excluded from the communion of the Uladislaus IV. king of Poland, his plan of religious union, v. 273; ordered a conference to be held at Thorn for this purpose, but unsuccessful, ib. Ulgerius, Bishop of Angers, founds an academy there in xii cent. iii. 29; the civil law principally ftudied in it, 30. Ulphilas, Bishop of the Goths, the eminent service he did Chriftianity and his country in iv cent. i. 339 and [t]. Understanding, men of, their rife in xv cent. iii. 466; founders, who, ib. their principles reprehenfible, and deemed heretical, ib. 467. Uniformity, act of, iffued out by Queen Elizabeth, iv. 390; another by Charles II. more rigorous, v. 4o, [f]. Unigenitus, famous Bull of Pope Clement XI. fo called, and confequence of it, vi. 11; opposed, and by whom, with the divifions it excited, ib. 14. Unitarians, their religious principles changed by Socinus, iv. 511. See Socinians. United provinces, whence they became united, iv. 129; zealous in the caufe of the Reformation, 130 and [o]; how and when delivered from the Spanish yoke, 131 and []; an univerfal toleration of religious fentiments permitted, ib. and [q, r]. Univerfalifts, hypothetical, controverfy excited by them, in xvii cent. and fummary of their doctrine, v. 373, 374 and [1]. Urban II. Pope, his character, ii. 523 and [p]; affembles a council at Clermont, and lays the foundation for a new crufade, 524; forbids the bishops and clergy to take oaths of allegiance to their fovereigns, ib. IV. Pope, inftitutes the festival of the body of Chrift, iii. 180; confers the kingdom of Naples upon Charles, brother to Lewis IX. of France, in xiii cent. 181. VI. Pope, his deteftable character, iii. 326; the legality of his election denied, and another pontif elected, 237. Urban Urban VIII. Pope (Barberini), founder of the feminary pro propaganda Fide, in xvi cent. v. 3; his character and learned works, 99 and [d]; attempts to unite the Greek and Latin churches, 246. Uries, Gerard de, opposes Roell in xvii cent. and confequence, v. 429. Urfinus, his form of inftruction, and known under the title of the Catechifm of Heidelberg, iv. 383. Urfulines, nunnery of, iv. 204. Val-Ombrofo, a congregation of Benedictine monks founded... there in xi cent. ii. 530; their difcipline propagated in feveral parts of Italy, ib. and [a]. Valentine, the founder of a very powerful fect of Heretics in ii cent. i. 229; his principles, ib, idle dreams, 230; followers divide into feveral fects, with their names, 232. Valerian, peace and perfecution of the Chriftians, i. 252. Vala, Laurentius, his grammatical and critical annotations on the New Teftament, with their ufe, iii. 452. Vandals, in Africa, horrid barbarity against the Chriflians in v cent. ii, 6; the miracle faid to be performed at this time, examined, 62 and [b]. Vanini, Julius Cæfar, his impious treatifes, and fate, 61 [k, 7]; his apologists, ib. and [m]. Varranes, king of Perfia, perfecutes the Chriftians in v cent. ii. 14; his enmity against them how accounted for, 15. Vayer, de la Mothe, a fceptical philofopher in xvii cent. v. 95 and [w]. Vedelius, his difputes concerning the power of the magiftrate in ecclefiaftical matters, v. 421. Vendôme, Geoffry of, his epiftles and differtations extant, iii. 78. Matthew of, account of, iii. 155. Venice, fecret affemblies of Socinians held there, iv. 495 and []; rupture of its inhabitants with Pope Paul, v. 145; confequences of it, 164. Vere, Anthony, fuccefs of the Romish miffions in xviii cent. under his direction, vi. 2. VOL. VI. D d Veron, Veron, the Jefuit, one of the Popish Methodists in xvii cent. v. 131; his method of managing controversy, 132 and [b, c]. Verfchorifts, a Dutch fect, their rise in xvii cent. v. 434 ; their founder Jacob Verfchoor, and his impious tenets, ib. why called Hebrews, ib. their common doctrine the fame with the Hattemifts, ib. Vicelinus, of Hamelan, his great character, iii. 7 and [1, m]; converts the Sclavonians in xii cent. ib. Vicenza, Socinians held fecret affemblies there, iv. 495 and [7]. Victor, Bishop of Rome, fends an imperious letter to the churches of Afia, i. 209; his orders rejected by them, who hereupon are excommunicated by him, ib. is opposed by Polycrates, Bishop of Ephefus, ib. of Capua, character of his Chain upon the four Gofpels, ii. 127. Hugh of St, treated of all the branches of facred and profane erudition known in xii cent. and was diftinguifhed by his great genius, iii. 78 and [g]; his allegorical expofition of the Old and New Testament, 83. Richard of St, an eminent myftic in xii cent. iii. 78; his mystical Ark, 88; opposes the fcholaftic divines with great vehemence, 94. Walter of St, character of his expofitions, iii. 89; a bitter enemy to the Schoolmen, 94 and [p]. Victorinus's explications loft, i. 279. Vigilantius, attacks the fuperftition of the fifth cent. ii. 51; his controverfy with Jerome unfuccefsful, and why, 52. Vigiltus, of Taplus, his character, ii. 37. Bishop of Rome, often changes fides in his determinations about the three chapters, ii. 135, 136. Viles, John Baptift, his zeal, and munificence towards founding at Rome the college for propagating the faith, v. 3. Villa, Dea, Alexander de, confidered as the best grammarian in xiii cent. iii. 156; his writings prove the ignorance of grammatical knowledge that prevailed at this time, 157. Villa Villa-Nova, Arnold of, his extenfive knowledge, iii. 162 and [f]; his ill treatment, ib. Vincent, of Lerins, his treatise against the fects, entitled Commonitorium, and the reputation acquired by it in v cent. ii. 37 and [w]. Vincent, of Beauvais, an hiftorian in xiii cent. iii. 155. of Ferrara, a myftic in xv cent. iii. 443; his works enthusiastic, 455. Viret, an eminent writer among the Reformed in xvi cent. iv. 438. Vitriaco, Jacobus de, his character, iii. 155; oriental history, and fame acquired by it, in xiii cent. 239. Voet, Gilbert, his difputes about trifling points of difcipline and ufury, v. 421; founder of the Voetian fect of philofophers, and account of them, 423. Volufianus, perfecution under him, i. 252. Volufius, a Theologist of Mentz, his reconciling attempt, v. 126 and [9]. Voragin, Jacobus de, his hiftory of the Lombards, and the reputation he acquired by it, in xiii cent. iii. 239 and [ƒ]. Vulgate, account of that Latin Bible, iv. 214 and [7]; folemnly adopted by the council of Trent, and why, ib. W. WAKE, Archbishop of Canterbury, his learned anfwer to Boffuet's expofition of the Roman Catholic faith, v. 127, fub not. [u]; his project of union with the Gallican church grofsly mifreprefented by Dr Mofheim, who from hence forms an unjust judgment of the spirit of the Church of England, vi. 30 [r]; his opinion concerning diffenters from Epifcopacy, 34 [u]; forms a project of union between the English and Gallican Churches, and on what conditions, ib. affitts Father Courayer in his defence of the validity of English ordinations, and with what views, ib. [w]; a circumftantial account of the correfpondence carried on between him and certain French doctors, relative to the union, 61; defends the Proteftant caufe against Boffuet, with encomiums on him, ib. is accufed by the author of the Confeffional, and upon Dd 2 what what foundation, ib. Kiorningius's account of his correfpondence with the French doctors, whence Dr. Mofheim formed his notions of it, what, and egregioutly erroneous, 62 [e]; three circumftances or conclufions drawn from authentic papers relative to this correfpondence in defence of Dr Wake, 65; the contents of his first letter to Mr Beauvoir, by which he is cleared from the imputation of being the first mover in this project of union, ib. obfervations on the answer to it, wherein the firft overtures of the above-mentioned project are expreffed, 66 [ƒ], 67; writes another letter to Mr Beauvoir, and makes handsome mention of Dr Du Pin, ib. the author of the Confeffional's fufpicion hereupon, and proved groundlefs, ib. [b]; other objections in the Confeffional, particularly the fuppofed conceffions by the Archbishop, anfwered, 68 fub not. [b]; he receives a letter of thanks from Dr Du Pin, who intimates his defire of an union between the English and Gallican churches, ib. 69; his answer to Dr Du Pin, expreffing his readiness to concur in fuch an union, and remarks thereon, 70; obfervations on a remarkable difcourfe delivered in the Sorbonne, relative to the project of union, and by whom, 72; his anfwer to Du Pin, communicated to the Cardinal Noailles, who greatly admired it, ib. receives a fecond letter from Du Pin, and a copy of Girardin's discourse, with his ill opinion of the progrefs of the union, 73; the Sorbonne doctors form a plan of reconciliation, with the uncertainty of their motives, ib. is informed of Du Pin's making an effay towards the union, and that his letters were highly approved, with obfervations on the Proteftant fpirit, which reigns in them, 74; his remarkable exprefsion on the neceffity of the concurrence of the ftate in the projected union, ib. receives Du Pin's Commonitorium, 75; the contents of which are reduced to three heads, and what thofe are, with a compendious account of it, ib. an obfervation of Du Pin, how the union may be completed without the Pope's confent or confulting him, and his admonition concerning it, 79, 80 and [m]; rejects the Commonito |