526Constantine commands the Sign of the Cross to be carried before him in Battle;
an Extraordinary Narrative about the Bearers of the Sign of the Cross.
527Refutation of the Assertion that Constantine became a Christian in consequence
of the Murder of his son Crispus.
528The Father of Constantine allows the Name of Christ to be Extended;
Constantine the Great prepared it to Penetrate Everywhere.
530Concerning the Dispute between Constantine and Licinius his Brother-In-Law
about the Christians, and how Licinius was conquered by Force and put to
Death.
531List of the Benefits which Constantine conferred in the Freedom of the Christians
and Building of Churches; and other Deeds for the Public Welfare.
534Constantine enacts a Law in favor of Celibates and of the Clergy.
536Concerning the Great Confessors who survived.
537Account of St. Spyridon: His Modesty and Steadfastness.
540On the Organization of the Monks: its Origin and Founders.
542About Antony the Great and St. Paul the Simple.
545Account of St. Ammon and Eutychius of Olympus.
547The Arian Heresy, its Origin, its Progress, and the Contention which it
occasioned among the Bishops.
550Constantine, having heard of the Strife of the Bishops, and the Difference of
Opinion concerning the Passover, is greatly troubled and sends Hosius, a
Spaniard, Bishop of Cordova, to Alexandria, to abolish the Dissension among
the Bishops, and to settle the Dispute about the Passover.
551Of the Council convened at Nicæa on Account of Arius.
553Two Philosophers are converted to the Faith by the Simplicity of Two Old Men
with whom they hold a Disputation.
555When the Council was assembled, the Emperor delivered a Public Address.
556After having given Audience to both Parties, the Emperor condemned the
Followers of Arius and banished them.
557What the Council determined about Arius; the Condemnation of his Followers;
his Writings are to be burnt; certain of the High Priests differ from the Council;
the Settlement of the Passover.
559Acesius, Bishop of the Novatians, is summoned by the Emperor to be present
at the First Council.
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