8. Proceedings against Athanasius :- The Alexandrians prepare themselves for the trial Encouraged by the Sardican Council . . . George of Cappadocia, the Eusebian Bishop, Irruption of Syrianus into the Church . . .. Eunomius . . . . . . . . . 349 They join the Eusebians or Acacians against the Semi- At Cæsarea . . . . . . . . 351 352 Semi-Arian Council at Ancyra. . Appeal of the two parties to Constantius The Emperor's changes of mind . Preparation for an Ecumenical Council Acacian Council of Seleucia . . Acacian Council of Ariminum . . CHAPTER V. COUNCILS AFTER THE REIGN OF CONSTANTIUS. SECTION I.—The Council of Alexandria in the reign of Julian. • • . . . . . . . . og 2. The question of the Succession at Antioch :- His confession of orthodoxy . . . Schism in consequence . . The term Hypostasis or Persona . . SECTION II. - The Ecumenical Council of Constantinople 1. Persecution under Valens : : End of the Semi-Arian heresy. . . . . 389 The reconciliation of its Bishops to the Church . . 2. Revival of orthodoxy at Constantinople :- The Arians conform under Theodosius He resolves to retire ... His disgust with all parties The business before it . . . . . . 401 Death of its President Meletius APPENDIX. Note 1. The Syrian School of Theology . . 2. The early doctrine of the divine gennesis 3. The Confessions at Sirmium . . . 4. The early use of usia and hypostasis . 5. Orthodoxy of the faithful during Arianism CHAPTER I. SCHOOLS AND PARTIES IN AND ABOUT THE ANTE-NICENE CHURCH, CONSIDERED IN THEIR RELATION TO THE ARIAN HERESY. SECTION 1. THE CHURCH OF ANTIOCH. It is proposed in the following pages to trace the outlines of the history of Arianism, between the first and the second General Councils. These are its natural chronological limits, whether by Arianism we mean a heresy or a party in the Church. In the Council held at Nicæa, in Bithynia, A.D. 325, it was formally detected and condemned. In the subsequent years it ran its course, through various modifications of opinion, and with various success, till the date of the second General Council, held A.D. 381, at Constantinople, when the resources of heretical subtilty being at length exhausted, the Arian party was ejected from the Catholic body, and formed into a distinct sect, exterior to it. It is during this period, while it still maintained its hold upon the creeds and the government of the Church, that |