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high priests. But the one of Rome was absent on account of extreme old age; however, he sent two presbyters, having authorized them to agree to what was done. There were at that time many excelling in apostolic charis- 31 mata, and many bearing the marks of the Lord Jesus, according to the divine apostle, in their bodies. For James of Antioch in Mygdonia (which the Syrians and Assyrians call Nisibis) both raised the dead and restored them to the living and worked countless other wonders; which I think it superfluous to insert again here in this writing, having recounted these things in the Philothean History. And Paul of Neocaesarea (this is a fortress situated on the banks of the Euphrates) had suffered from the fury of Licinius. For both his hands were paralyzed, a red-hot iron having been applied to them, which had contracted and deadened the nerves that move the joints. Others had had their right eyes gouged out, others had their right hamstrings cut; one of these was Paphnutius the Egyptian. And in short, one could see a multitude of martyrs gathered in the same place. But this divine and famous assembly was not, however, without its opponents; but there were some, few in number, but insidious and imitating the reefs, and covering their wickedness and not openly supporting the blasphemies of Arius. When all had assembled, the emperor prepared a very large hall in the palace, having ordered that a great many benches and thrones be placed in it, sufficient for the assembly of the high priests. Having thus prepared a fitting honor for them, he allowed them to enter and deliberate on the matters before them. He himself also entered last with a few attendants, having a laudable stature, an admirable beauty, and a still more wonderful modesty seated upon his brow. 32 A small throne having been placed in the middle, he sat down, having asked the bishops to permit this; and with him that entire divine choir was also seated. Immediately first the great Eustathius, who had obtained the presidency of the church of the Antiochians (for Philogonius, whom I mentioned before, had passed on to the better life, and high priests, priests, and all the Christ-loving people had compelled this man, against his will, to shepherd that church in his place by a common vote), this man crowned the emperor's head with the flowers of eulogies and requited his zeal for divine things with blessings. When he had ceased, the all-praised emperor delivered his speech concerning concord and harmony, reminding them of the cruelty of those tyrants and of the most honorable peace granted by God under his reign, and how it would be terrible and exceedingly terrible, with the enemies destroyed and no one daring to resist, to attack one another and to afford pleasure and laughter to their adversaries, especially when discussing divine matters and having the teaching of the most holy spirit in writing. "For the books of the Gospels," he said, "and of the Apostles, and the oracles of the ancient prophets clearly instruct us what we should think concerning the divine. Therefore, having driven away strife that begets war, let us take from the divinely inspired words the solution to the questions." These and similar things, like a son who loves his father, he offered to the priests as to fathers, working to achieve agreement on the apostolic doctrines. The greater part of the synod was persuaded by what was said and embraced both concord with one another and the soundness of the doctrines; but a certain few, whom I have also mentioned before, and in addition to them Menophantus of Ephesus and Patro- 33 philus of Scythopolis and Theogonius, being bishop of Nicaea itself, and Narcissus of Neronias (Neronias is a city of Cilicia Secunda which we now call Irenopolis), and with these Theonas of Marmarica and Secundus of Ptolemais in Egypt spoke against the apostolic doctrines, supporting Arius. And having dictated a teaching of the faith, they submitted it to the assembly; which, when it was read, they immediately tore up

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ἀρχιερεῖς. ὁ δὲ τῆς Ῥώμης διὰ γῆρας ἀπελείφθη βαθύ· δύο μέντοι πρεσβυτέρους ἀπέστειλε, συνθέσθαι τοῖς πραττομένοις παρεγγυήσας. Ἦσαν δὲ κατ' ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον πολλοὶ μὲν ἀποστολικοῖς χαρί 31 σμασι διαπρέποντες, πολλοὶ δὲ τὰ στίγματα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ , κατὰ τὸν θεῖον ἀπόστολον, ἐν τῷ σώματι φέροντες. Ἰάκωβος μὲν γὰρ ὁ Ἀντιοχείας τῆς Μυγδονίας (Σύροι δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ Ἀσσύριοι Νίσιβιν ὀνομάζουσι) καὶ νεκροὺς ἀνέστησε καὶ τοῖς ζῶσι συνέταξε καὶ ἄλλα μυρία εἰργάσατο θαύματα· ἃ περιττὸν ἡγοῦμαι τῇδε πάλιν ἐνθεῖναι τῇ συγγραφῇ, ἐν τῇ Φιλοθέῳ ταῦτα διηγησάμενος Ἱστορίᾳ. Παῦλος δὲ ὁ Νεοκαισαρείας (φρούριον δὲ τοῦτο ταῖς τοῦ Εὐφράτου παρα κείμενον ὄχθαις) τῆς Λικιννίου παραπήλαυσε λύττης. ἄμφω γὰρ ἦν τὼ χεῖρε πεπεδημένος, σιδήρου πεπυρακτωμένου προσβαλόντος αὐταῖς καὶ τὰ κινητικὰ τῶν ἄρθρων νεῦρα συστείλαντος καὶ νεκρώσαντος. ἕτεροι δὲ ὀρωρυγμένους εἶχον τοὺς δεξιοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, ἄλλοι δὲ τὰς ἀγκύλας ἐκκεκομμένοι τὰς δεξιάς· εἷς τούτων ἦν Παφνούτιος ὁ Αἰγύπτιος· καὶ ἁπαξαπλῶς ἦν ἰδεῖν δῆμον μαρτύρων κατὰ ταὐτὸν συνηθροισμένον. οὐκ ἦν δ' ὅμως ἄμοιρος τῶν ἐναντίων ὁ θεῖος οὗτος καὶ ἀοίδιμος ὅμιλος· ἀλλ' ἦσάν τινες, εὐαρίθμητοι μέν, ὕπουλοι δὲ καὶ τὰ βράχη μιμούμενοι, καὶ τὴν πονηρίαν καλύπτοντες καὶ ταῖς Ἀρείου βλασφημίαις οὐ προφανῶς συνηγοροῦντες. Συνεληλυθότων δὲ πάντων, οἶκον μέγιστον ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις ηὐτρέπισεν βασιλεύς, βάθρα καὶ θρόνους ὅτι μάλιστα πλείστους ἐν τούτῳ τεθῆναι κελεύσας τῷ τῶν ἀρχιερέων ἀποχρώντως συλλόγῳ. οὕτω τὸ πρέπον αὐτοῖς εὐτρεπίσας γέρας, εἰσελθεῖν τε ἐπέτρεψε καὶ περὶ τῶν προκειμένων βουλεύσασθαι. εἰσελήλυθε δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσχα τος σὺν ὀλίγοις, ἀξιέπαινον μὲν ἔχων τὸ μέγεθος, ἀξιάγαστον δὲ τὴν ὥραν, θαυμασιωτέραν δὲ τὴν τοῖς μετώποις ἐπικαθημένην αἰδῶ. 32 θρόνου δὲ σμικροῦ τεθέντος ἐν μέσῳ κεκάθικεν, ἐπιτρέψαι τοῦτο τοὺς ἐπισκόπους αἰτήσας· σὺν αὐτῷ δὲ καὶ ἅπας ὁ θεῖος ἐκεῖνος ἐκαθέσθη χορός. παραυτίκα δὲ πρῶτος ὁ μέγας Εὐστάθιος, ὁ τῆς Ἀντιοχέων ἐκκλησίας τὴν προεδρίαν λαχών (Φιλογόνιος γὰρ, οὗ πρόσθεν ἐμνήσθην, εἰς τὸν ἀμείνω μεταβεβήκει βίον, τοῦτον δὲ ἄκοντα ποιμαίνειν ἀντ' ἐκείνου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἐκείνην ψήφῳ κοινῇ κατηνάγ κασαν ἀρχιερεῖς τε καὶ ἱερεῖς καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ φιλόχριστος), οὗτος τοῖς ἄνθεσι τῶν ἐγκωμίων τὴν βασιλέως ἐστεφάνωσε κεφαλὴν καὶ τὴν περὶ τὰ θεῖα σπουδὴν εὐλογίαις ἠμείψατο. παυσαμένου δὲ τούτου, βασιλεὺς ὁ πανεύφημος τοὺς περὶ τῆς ὁμονοίας τε καὶ συμφωνίας προσενήνοχε λόγους, τῆς τε τῶν τυράννων ἐκείνων ἀναμιμνήσκων ὠμότητος καὶ τῆς ἐπ' αὐτοῦ θεόθεν παρασχεθείσης ἐντιμοτάτης εἰρήνης, καὶ ὡς δεινὸν εἴη καὶ ἄγαν δεινόν, τῶν πολε μίων καταλυθέντων καὶ μηδενὸς ἀντιτείνειν τολμῶντος, ἀλλήλους βάλλειν καὶ τοῖς δυσμενέσιν ἡδονὴν καὶ γέλωτα προξενεῖν, ἄλλως τε καὶ περὶ θείων διαλεγομένους πραγμάτων καὶ τοῦ παναγίου πνεύ ματος τὴν διδασκαλίαν ἀνάγραπτον ἔχοντας. "εὐαγγελικαὶ γάρ", φησί, "βίβλοι καὶ ἀποστολικαὶ καὶ τῶν παλαιῶν προφητῶν τὰ θεσπίσματα σαφῶς ἡμᾶς ἃ χρὴ περὶ τοῦ θείου φρονεῖν ἐκπαιδεύουσι. τὴν πολε μοποιὸν οὖν ἀπελάσαντες ἔριν, ἐκ τῶν θεοπνεύστων λόγων λάβωμεν τῶν ζητουμένων τὴν λύσιν". Ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τούτοις παραπλήσια, οἷα δὴ παῖς φιλοπάτωρ, τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ὡς πατράσι προσέφερε, τῶν ἀποστολικῶν δογμάτων τὴν συμφωνίαν πραγματευόμενος. τῆς δὲ συνόδου τὸ μὲν πλεῖστον τοῖς λεγομένοις ἐπείθετο καὶ τήν τε πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁμόνοιαν τήν τε τῶν δογμάτων ὑγείαν ἠσπάζετο· ὀλίγοι δέ τινες, ὧν καὶ πρόσθεν ἐμνήσθην, καὶ πρὸς ἐκείνοις Μηνόφαντος ὁ Ἐφέσιος καὶ ὁ Σκυθοπολίτης Πατρό 33 φιλος Θεογόνιός τε Νικαίας αὐτῆς ἐπίσκοπος ὢν καὶ ὁ Νερωνιάδος Νάρκισσος (Κιλικίας δὲ τῆς δευτέρας ἡ Νερωνιάς ἐστι πόλις ἣν νῦν Εἰρηνούπολιν ὀνομάζομεν), καὶ μετὰ τούτων Θεωνᾶς ὁ Μαρμαρικῆς καὶ ὁ Πτολεμαΐδος τῆς Αἰγυπτίας Σεκοῦνδος τοῖς ἀποστολικοῖς ἀντέ λεγον δόγμασιν, Ἀρείῳ συνηγοροῦντες. ὑπαγορεύσαντες δὲ καὶ πίστεως διδασκαλίαν ἐπέδοσαν τῷ κοινῷ· ἣν ἀναγνωσθεῖσαν εὐθέως διέρρηξαν