ARGUMENT

In Astronomy, denotes the angle or i which a series of numbers in a table depetlda pie, suppose a table were formed ■bowing the r. it ot horizontal refraction at every degree, etc. of lie; Ihen the altitude would be termed the argument refraction; and the table is said to be entered with Liicnt. r. In Logic, an expre ion in which, from thing laid down as granted, (i. e. the premises,) somer. Ilie conclusion.) is to be deduced. In orurse, argument is very often used for the premises alone, in contradistinction to the conclusion; e. g. •• the conclusion which this argument is intended to estao- 1 ord is also sometimes employed it i-. strictly speaking, a course or series ot II is in this sense that we speak of ' Warument to prove the divine legation of Moses." The w sarea, and celebrated Historian of the Christian church, became one of the leaders of this branch of Arianism. His talents and ingenuity are represented as being of singular service to the cause of relics, by inducing the emperor, after some delay, to command the restoration of Arius to the church of Alexandria,and the banishment of A than as i us. A day was appointed, upon which Alexander, the aged bishop, should admit the still suspected heretic to the holy communion: his protestations of orthodoxy were such as to satisfy the prelate that God only could discover his real sentiments, and he solemnly declared that in His hands he left the matter. In the midst of the fears and scruples of the one parly, and the anticipated triumph of the other, the proceeding wis suddenly terminated by the death of Arius: a deliverance of the church, in which the Catholics discovered a 85 [s. 99]