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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872

Volume 62 — Corrigendum.

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The antiquity of the Athanasian Creed being now shown to be a myth, the date being that of Charlemagne, would it not be well, before the Prayer Book is finally revised, that the correction should be made? For it will take many a year to abolish the belief that St. Athanasius drew up the document, especially as divers theologians think nothing of some four hundred and fifty years of what they imagine to have been the Dark Ages. "Commonly (but absurdly) called the Creed of St. Athanasius" is a line that, in a century or so, might have an effect upon the less un-intelligent.

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