“The
archbishop, who asserted, with inflexible pride, the truth of his
opinions and the dignity of his rank, was left in the free
possession of his conscience and his throne.” Gibbon,
Chap. xxv.
“Une sorte
d’inviolabilité de fait demeurait acquise a Basile a
Césarée comme a Athanase à Alexandrie.”
De Broglie.