Excerpt from A Theological Dictionary, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms; A Comprehensive View of Every Article in the System of Divinity; An Impartial Account of All the Principal Denominations Which Have Subsisted in the Religious World From the Birth of Christ to the Present Day Legate, a cardinal. Or bish op, whom the pope sends as his ambassador to sovereign princes. Legend, originally a book', in the Romish church, containing the lessons that were to be read in divine service: from hence the word was applied to the histories of the lives of saints, because chapters were read out of them at matins but as the golden legend, compiled by James de Varase, about the year 1290, contained in it several ridiculous and romantic stories, the word is now used'by Protest ants to signify any incredible or inauthentic narrative. Hence, as Dr. Jortin observes, we have false legends concerning the miracles of Christ, of his apostles, and of an cient Christians; and the w riters of these fables had, in all probability, as good natural abilities as the disciples of Christ, and some of them wanted neither learning nor craft and yet they betray them selves by faults against chronolo gy, against history, against man ners and customs, against mora lity, and against probability. A. Liar of this kind can never pass undiscovered; but an honest re later of truth and matter of fact is safe: he wants no artifice, and, fears no examination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.