[Footnote 58: D'Anville (l'Euphrate et le Tigre, p. 130 -
137) will fix the position of these ambiguous Christians;
Assemannus (Bibliot. Oriental. tom. iv. p. 607 - 614) may
explain their tenets. But it is a slippery task to
ascertain the creed of an ignorant people afraid and ashamed
to disclose their secret traditions. ]