2. Is this the training of a confessor, are
these the offspring of those righteous fathers who, as soon as they
saw, approved of holy Eusebius, whom they had never known before,
preferring him to their fellow-citizens, and he was no sooner amongst
them than he was approved, and much more when they had observed
him. Justly did he turn out so great a man, whom the whole Church
elected, justly was it believed that he whom all had demanded was
elected by the judgment of God. It is fitting then that you
follow the example of your parents, especially since you who have been
instructed by a holy confessor ought to be so much better than your
fathers, as a better teacher has taught and instructed you, and to
manifest a sign of your moderation and concord by agreeing in your
request The people
demanded, requested, or acclaimed some one as bishop
[postulavit], and he was then elected, if they thought well, by
the clergy. St. Ambrose makes this clear [Ep. XV. 12], saying of
Acholius, “Ad summum sacerdotium a Macedonicis obsecratus
populis, electus a sacerdotibus.” for a
Bishop.