[Footnote 87: It is darkly hinted in the Koran, (c. 3, p.
39,) and more clearly explained by the tradition of the
Sonnites, (Sale's Note, and Maracci, tom. ii. p. 112.) In
the xiith century, the immaculate conception was condemned
by St. Bernard as a presumptuous novelty, (Fra Paolo,
Istoria del Concilio di Trento, l. ii.)]