697Proceedings of Macedonius in Mantinium. His Removal from his See when he
attempted to remove the Coffin of Constantine the Great. Julian was pronounced
Cæsar.
698Council of Seleucia.
702Acacius and Aëtius; and how the Deputies of the Two Councils of Ariminum
and of Seleucia were led by the Emperor to accept the Same Doctrines.
704Formulary of the Council of Ariminum approved by the Acacians. List of the
Deposed Chief-Priests, and the Causes of their Condemnation.
707Causes of the Deposition of Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem. Mutual Dissensions
among the Bishops. Melitius is ordained by the Arians, and supplants Eustathius
in the Bishopric of Sebaste.
709Death of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople. What Eudoxius said in his
Teaching. Eudoxius and Acacius strenuously sought the Abolition of the
Formularies of Faith set forth at Nicæa and at Ariminum; Troubles which thence
arose in the Churches.
710Macedonius, after his Rejection from his See, blasphemes against the Holy Spirit;
Propagation of his Heresy through the Instrumentality of Marathonius and
Others.
711The Arians, under the Impression that the divine Meletius upheld their
Sentiments, translate him from Sebaste to Antioch. On his Bold Confession of
the Orthodox Doctrines, they were confounded, and after they had deposed
him they placed Euzoïus in the See. Meletius formed his own Church: but those
who held to Consubstantiality turned away from him because he had been
ordained by Arians.
713The Partisans of Acacius again do not remain Quiet, but strive to abolish the
Term “Consubstantial,” and to confirm the Heresy of Arius.
714George, Bishop of Antioch, and the Chief-Priests of Jerusalem. Three
Chief-Priests successively succeed Cyril; Restoration of Cyril to the See of
Jerusalem.
715Book V
715Apostasy of Julian, the Traitor. Death of the Emperor Constantius.
717The Life, Education, and Training of Julian, and his Accession to the Empire.
721Julian, on his Settlement in the Empire, began quietly to stir up Opposition to
Christianity, and to introduce Paganism artfully.
723Julian inflicted Evils upon the Inhabitants of Cæsarea. Bold Fidelity of Maris,
Bishop of Chalcedon.
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