124. The honours, presents, feasts, which seduced so many
bishops, are mentioned with indignation by those who were
too pure or too proud to accept them. "We combat" (says
Hilary of Poitiers) "against Constantius the Antichrist, who
strokes the belly instead of scourging the back;" qui non
dorsa caedit, sed ventrem palpat. Hilarius contra Constant.
c. 5, p. 1240.