45. Sozomen (1. i. c. 15) represents Alexander as
indifferent, and even ignorant, in the beginning of the
controversy; while Socrates (1. i. c. 5) ascribes the origin
of the dispute to the vain curiosity of his theological
speculations. Dr. Jortin (Remarks On Ecclesiastical History,
vol. ii. p. 178) has censured, with his usual freedom, the
conduct of Alexander; *****