Ten deputies who at the close of the Council of Seleucia
had been appointed to report its proceedings to the Emperor, “met,
on their arrival at the Court, the deputies of the Council of Ariminum,
and likewise the partisans of Acacius Sozom. iv. 23.. After much
controversy and many intrigues, a mutilated and ambiguous Creed adopted
at Ariminum in which the ὁμοούσιος of
Nicæa was replaced by “like to the Father that begat Him
according to the Scriptures,” and the mention of either
“essence” (οὐσία) or
“subsistence” (ὑπόστασις)
condemned Athan. de.
Syn. § 30, where this Creed is given in full., was brought forward and approved by the
Emperor. “After having, on the last day of the year 359,
discussed the matter with the Bishops till far into the night S. Hilar. ii. Num.
708., he at length extorted their
signatures….It is in this connexion that Jerome says:
Ingemuit totus orbis, et Arianum se esse miratus est Hefele,
Councils, ii. 271..” Early in the following year, 360
a.d., through the influence of Acacius a new
Synod was held at Constantinople, in which, among other Semi-Arian
Bishops, Cyril also was deposed on the charge of having held communion
with Eustathius of Sebaste, Basil of Ancyra, and George of
Laodicea. Cyril, as we have seen, had become acquainted with
these Bishops during his residence at Tarsus in 358, at which time they
were all zealous opponents of Acacius and his party, but differed
widely in other respects.