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not In- ;i negation, like the ni/it-t/i/t'<-rn,,;*, hut ;in affirmation, like the 

 'niifdftiiih/. J5ut gradually far-seeing minds, alarmed by the novelty of these 

 theories, grew apprehensive as to the consequences which they might have 

 upon the faith. Gilbert de la Porree had not hesitated to declare that the 

 Mpeaoe being, in the order of generation, above the substance, the Diriiiity 

 must be something superior to the individual of the Divine system, who, in 



Fig. 39. The Tree of Beings and of Substances. Fac-simile of a Wood Engraving of the 

 " Cuer de Philosophic," translated from Latin into French, at the request of Philippe le Bel, 

 King of France. Printed at Paris for Julian de la Garde, bookseller, in 1514. 



human language, is called God. This declaration caused great scandal ; the 

 author of it was accused of blasphemy against the Divine Persons, and was 

 cited to appear before an ecclesiastical tribunal at Rheims (1148), and answer 

 the accusation which was sustained by St. Bernard. He not only expressed 

 his regret at having unwittingly propagated perilous doctrines, but he 

 retracted them and abjured his errors. St. Bernard insisted that these 



