88. Faustus the Manichaean accuses the Catholics of
idolatry. Vertitis idola in martyres . . . quos votis
similibus colitis. M. de Beausobre (Hist. Critique du
Manicheisme, tom. ii. p. 629-700), a protestant, but a
philosopher, has represented, with candour and learning, the
introduction of Christian idolatry in the fourth and fifth
centuries.