The resources of mediaeval learning were too slender
to preserve an authentic record of the growth and settlement of Catholic doctrine. Many writings of the Fathers
were interpolated; others were unknown, and spurious
matter was accepted in their place. Books bearing
venerable names--Clement, Dionysius, Isidore--were
forged for the purpose of supplying authorities for
opinions that lacked the sanction of antiquity.
Dalberg-Acton, John Emerich Edward, The History of Freedom and Other Essays, London: MacMillan and Co., 1907, p. 513.
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