45. The Arians reject the person of
Eunomius, but they maintain his unbelief and walk in the ways of his
iniquity. They say that he has too generously published the
writings of Arius. Truly, a plentiful lavishing of error!
They praise him who gave the command, and deny him who executed
it! Wherefore they have now fallen apart into several
sects. Some follow after Eunomius or Aëtius, others after
Palladius or Demophilus and Auxentius, or the inheritors of this form
of unbelief. Demophilus
was Bishop of Constantinople under Valens (d. 378 a.d.), but on the accession of Theodosius the Great he was
compelled to resign the see, which was given to Gregory of
Nazianzus. Others,
again, follow different teachers. Is Christ, then,
divided? 1 Cor. i. 13. Nay; but
those who divide Him from the Father do with their own hands cut
themselves asunder.