Origin of Evil.
—Where shall I find this problem fully discussed?
A. A. D.
[In Abp. King's Essay on the Origin of Evil, translated by Bishop Law, which has passed through several editions.]
Nolo Episcopari.
—Why is this phrase applied to a feigned reluctance in accepting an offer?
A. A. D.
[From a note in Blackstone's Commentaries, vol. i. p. 380., edit. Christian, we learn that "it is a prevailing vulgar error, that every bishop, before he accepts the bishoprick which is offered him, affects a maiden coyness, and answers Nolo episcopari. The origin of these words and the notion I have not been able to discover; the bishops certainly give no such refusal at present, and I am inclined to think they never did at any time in this country.">[
Authors of the Homilies.
—Presuming that the authors of the Church Homilies are well known, their writings having been adopted by our church, and set forth and enjoined by authority to be read in all churches, I fear I am only showing great ignorance by asking where I can meet with a list of the writers of those discourses, distinguishing which of the Homilies were written by each author; and if the writers of some of them be unknown, then I should be glad to have the names of such as are known, and the particular Homilies which were written by them.