618Marcellus Bishop of Ancyra; his Heresy and Deposition.
619Death of Constantine the Great; he died after Baptism and was buried in the
Temple of the Holy Apostles.
620Book III
620After the Death of Constantine the Great, the Adherents of Eusebius and
Theognis attack the Nicene Faith.
621Return of Athanasius the Great from Rome; Letter of Constantine Cæsar, Son
of Constantine the Great; Renewed Machinations of the Arians against
Athanasius; Acacius of Berrœa; War between Constans and Constantine.
623Paul, Bishop of Constantinople, and Macedonius, the Pneumatomachian.
625A Sedition was excited on the Ordination of Paul.
626The Partial Council of Antioch; it deposed Athanasius; it substituted Gregory;
its Two Statements of the Faith; those who agreed with them.
628Eusebius surnamed Emesenus; Gregory accepted Alexandria; Athanasius seeks
Refuge in Rome.
630High Priests of Rome and of Constantinople; Restoration of Paul after Eusebius;
the Slaughter of Hermogenes, a General of the Army; Constantius came from
Antioch and removed Paul, and was wrathfully disposed toward the City; he
allowed Macedonius to be in Doubt, and returned to Antioch.
632Arrival of the Eastern High Priests at Rome; Letter of Julius, Bishop of Rome,
concerning them; by means of the Letters of Julius, Paul and Athanasius receive
their own Sees; Contents of the Letter from the Archpriests of the East to Julius.
634Ejection of Paul and Athanasius; Macedonius is invested with the Government
of the Church of Constantinople.
635The Bishop of Rome writes to the Bishops of the East in Favor of Athanasius,
and they send an Embassy to Rome who, with the Bishop of Rome, are to
investigate the Charges against the Eastern Bishops; this Deputation is dismissed
by Constans, the Cæsar.
636The Long Formulary and the Enactments issued by the Synod of Sardica. Julius,
Bishop of Rome, and Hosius, the Spanish Bishop, deposed by the Bishops of
the East, because they held Communion with Athanasius and the Rest.
638The Bishops of the Party of Julius and Hosius held another Session and deposed
the Eastern High Priests, and also made a Formulary of Faith.
640After the Synod, the East and the West are separated; the West nobly adheres
to the Faith of the Nicene Council, while the East is disturbed by Contention
here and there over this Dogma.
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