776Concerning Valentinian the Younger and Gratian. Persecution under Valens.
The Homoousians, being oppressed by the Arians and Macedonians, send an
Embassy to Rome.
778The Confession of Eustathius, Silvanus, and Theophilus, the Deputies of the
Macedonians, to Liberius, Bishop of Rome.
779Councils of Sicily and of Tyana. The Synod which was expected to be held in
Cilicia is dissolved by Valens. The Persecution at that Time. Athanasius the
Great flees again, and is in Concealment; by the Letter of Valens he reappears,
and governs the Churches in Egypt.
782Demophilus, an Arian, became Bishop of Constantinople after Eudoxius. The
Pious elect Evagrius. Account of the Persecution which ensued.
783Account of the Eighty Pious Delegates in Nicomedia, whom Valens burned
with the Vessel in Mid-Sea.
784Disputes between Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea, and Basil the Great. Hence the
Arians took courage and came to Cæsarea, and were repulsed.
785Basil becomes Bishop of Cæsarea after Eusebius; his Boldness towards the
Emperor and the Prefect.
787Friendship of Basil and of Gregory, the Theologian; being Peers in Wisdom,
they defend the Nicene Doctrines.
788The Persecution which occurred at Antioch, on the Orontes. The Place of Prayer
in Edessa, called after the Apostle Thomas; the Assembly there, and Confession
of the Inhabitants of Edessa.
789Death of the Great Athanasius; the Elevation of Lucius, who was Arian-Minded,
to the See; the Numerous Calamities he brought upon the Churches in Egypt;
Peter, who served after Athanasius, passed over to Rome.
790Persecution of the Egyptian Monks, and of the Disciples of St. Antony. They
were enclosed in a Certain Island on Account of their Orthodoxy; the Miracles
which they Wrought.
792List of the Places in which the Nicene Doctrines were Represented; Faith
manifested by the Scythians; Vetranio, the Leader of this Race.
794At that Time, the Doctrine of the Holy Ghost was agitated, and it was decided
that he is to be considered Consubstantial with the Father and the Son.
795Death of Liberius, Bishop of Rome. He is succeeded by Damasus and Syricius.
Orthodox Doctrines prevail Everywhere throughout the West, except at Milan,
where Auxentius is the High-Priest. Synod held at Rome, by which Auxentius
is deposed; the Definition which it sent by Letter.
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