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the tradition of the church that those who were unmarried when they joined the priestly order should no longer marry, and that those who were married should not be separated from the wives they have. And Paphnutius, although he was inexperienced in marriage, introduced these things. 1.23.5 The synod also praised his counsel and legislated nothing concerning this, but left the matter to the judgment of each, not under compulsion. But concerning the other matters, as it seemed good to it, it drew up laws, according to which it is fitting for the affairs of the church to be conducted. But it is easy for anyone who wishes to encounter these, as they are circulated by many. 1.24.1 And when the events concerning Meletius throughout Egypt were examined, the synod condemned him to reside in Lycus, having only the bare name of a bishop, and for the future to ordain neither in a city nor in a village. But that those already appointed by him should have communion and minister, but should be second in honors 1.24.2 to the clergy in each church and parish. And that they should advance to the ranks of those who have died, if they should appear worthy by the vote of the multitude, with the bishop of the church of the Alexandrians confirming the election; but that it should not be lawful for them 1.24.3 to select whomever they wished according to their own judgment. And this seemed just to the synod, taking into account the rashness and readiness for ordination of Meletius and those who thought the same things, so that even when Peter the martyr, at the time he presided over the church of the Alexandrians, was in flight because of the persecution then, he usurped the ordinations that belonged to him. 1.25.1 When these things had been thus decided by the synod, it happened that at the same time there was the festival of the twentieth anniversary of Constantine's reign. It is a custom for the Romans to hold a public festival every tenth year of the reigning emperor's rule. The emperor, therefore, thinking it was a good opportunity, then invited the synod to a banquet 1.25.2 and honored them with fitting gifts. And when they had prepared to return home, he called them all together and advised them to be of one mind concerning the faith and to maintain peace among themselves, so that for the future they might remain without faction. 1.25.3 And after speaking at length about this, he finally commanded them to pray earnestly for himself and his children and the empire, and to beseech God always. And having said such things to those who had then come to Nicaea, 1.25.4 he took his leave of them. And making clear also to those not present the things that had been accomplished in the synod, he sent letters to the churches in each city, and to the church of the Alexandrians another one besides these, urging them, having laid aside all dissension, to be of one mind concerning the faith set forth by the synod; for this was nothing other than the judgment of God, established by the Holy Spirit from the harmony of such great and so many priests, and approved after <τε> an accurate investigation and testing of all doubtful points.

2.t.1 OF THE SAME AUTHOR, ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, BOOK TWO 2.1.1 The matters concerning Nicaea, up to this point, came to an end, and of the priests

each returned home. But the emperor rejoiced exceedingly, seeing the universal church in agreement concerning the dogma; and offering thanks to God for the unanimity of the bishops, and for himself and his children and the empire, he thought it necessary to build a house of prayer to God in Jerusalem 2.1.2 around the place called the Place of the Skull. And around the same time, Helena his mother came to Jerusalem both to pray and to visit the holy places there. And being devoutly disposed concerning the dogma of the Christians, she made it of great importance to find the wood of the venerable cross. 2.1.3 But the discovery neither of this nor of the divine tomb was easy. For the Greeks who had long ago persecuted the church, when it was still beginning to grow, the

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ἐκκλησίας παράδοσιν τοὺς μὲν ἀγάμους τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ τάγματος κοινωνήσαντας μηκέτι γαμεῖν, τοὺς δὲ μετὰ γάμον ὧν ἔχουσι γαμετῶν μὴ χωρίζεσθαι. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ὁ Παφνούτιος, καίπερ ἄπειρος ὢν γάμου, εἰση1.23.5 γήσατο. ἐπῄνεσε δὲ καὶ ἡ σύνοδος τὴν βουλὴν καὶ περὶ τούτου οὐδὲν ἐνομοθέτησεν, ἀλλὰ τῇ ἑκάστου γνώμῃ τὸ πρᾶγμα, οὐκ ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ἔθετο. περὶ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων, ᾗπερ αὐτῇ καλῶς ἔχειν ἐδόκει, νόμους ἀνεγράψατο, καθ' οὓς πολιτεύεσθαι προσήκει τὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας πράγματα. ἀλλὰ τούτοις μέν, εἴ τῳ φίλον, ῥᾴδιον ἐντυχεῖν παρὰ πολλοῖς φερομένοις. 1.24.1 ᾿Εξετασθέντων δὲ καὶ τῶν κατὰ Μελίτιον ἀνὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον συμβάντων κατεδίκασεν αὐτὸν ἡ σύνοδος ἐν τῇ Λυκῷ διατρίβειν ψιλὸν ὄνομα ἐπισκοπῆς ἔχοντα, τοῦ δὲ λοιποῦ μήτε ἐν πόλει μήτε ἐν κώμῃ χειροτονεῖν· τοὺς δὲ ἤδη παρ' αὐτοῦ καταστάντας κοινωνεῖν καὶ λειτουργεῖν, δευτερεύειν δὲ ταῖς τιμαῖς 1.24.2 τῶν ἐν ἑκάστῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ παροικίᾳ κληρικῶν. ἐπαναβαίνειν δὲ ταῖς τάξεσι τῶν προτελευτώντων, εἰ ψήφῳ τοῦ πλήθους ἄξιοι φανεῖεν, ἐπιχειροτονοῦντος τοῦ ἐπισκόπου τῆς ᾿Αλεξανδρέων ἐκκλησίας· μὴ ἐξεῖναι δὲ αὐτοῖς 1.24.3 ἐπιλέγεσθαι κατὰ γνώμην ἰδίαν οὓς ἂν ἐθέλωσιν. ἐφάνη δὲ τοῦτο τῇ συνόδῳ δίκαιον, λογιζομένῃ τὸ προπετὲς καὶ ἕτοιμον εἰς χειροτονίαν Μελιτίου καὶ τῶν τὰ αὐτὰ φρονούντων, ὥστε καὶ Πέτρου τοῦ μαρτυρήσαντος, ἡνίκα ἡγεῖτο τῆς ᾿Αλεξανδρέων ἐκκλησίας, φεύγοντος διὰ τὸν τότε διωγμόν, τὰς διαφερούσας αὐτῷ χειροτονίας ὑφήρπασε. 1.25.1 Τούτων ὧδε δοξάντων τῇ συνόδῳ ξυνηνέχθη κατὰ ταὐτὸν ἑορτὴν εἶναι εἰκοσαετηρίδα τῆς Κωνσταντίνου βασιλείας. ἔθος δὲ ῾Ρωμαίοις δημοτελῆ πανήγυριν ἄγειν καθ' ἑκάστην δεκαετίαν τῆς τοῦ κρατοῦντος ἀρχῆς. εὔκαιρον οὖν εἶναι νομίσας ὁ βασιλεὺς προετρέψατο τότε τὴν σύνοδον εἰς ἑστίασιν 1.25.2 καὶ τοῖς προσήκουσι δώροις ἐτίμησεν. ἐπεὶ δὲ οἴκαδε ἐπανιέναι παρεσκευάσαντο, συγκαλέσας ἅπαντας συνεβούλευσεν ὁμονοεῖν περὶ τὴν πίστιν καὶ τῆς πρὸς σφᾶς αὐτοὺς εἰρήνης ἔχεσθαι, ὡς ἂν ἀστασίαστοι τοῦ λοιποῦ 1.25.3 διαμένοιεν. καὶ πολὺν περὶ τούτου λόγον διεξελθὼν τὸ τελευταῖον ἐκέλευεν ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ παίδων καὶ βασιλείας εὔχεσθαι σπουδαίως καὶ τὸν θεὸν ἱκετεύειν ἑκάστοτε. καὶ πρὸς μὲν τοὺς τότε ἀφικομένους εἰς Νίκαιαν 1.25.4 τοιαῦτα εἰπὼν συνετάξατο. δῆλα δὲ ποιῶν καὶ τοῖς μὴ παροῦσι τὰ ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ κατωρθωμένα, γράμματα πέπομφε ταῖς κατὰ πόλιν ἐκκλησίαις, τῇ δὲ ᾿Αλεξανδρέων ἰδίᾳ ἕτερα παρὰ ταῦτα, προτρέπων πάσης ἀφεμένους διχονοίας ὁμονοῆσαι περὶ τὴν ἐκτεθεῖσαν παρὰ τῆς συνόδου πίστιν· μηδὲν γὰρ ἕτερον εἶναι ταύτην ἢ θεοῦ γνώμην ἐκ συμφωνίας τηλικούτων καὶ τοσούτων ἱερέων ἁγίῳ πνεύματι συστᾶσαν μετά <τε> ζήτησιν ἀκριβῆ καὶ βάσανον πάντων τῶν ἀμφιβόλων δοκιμασθεῖσαν.

2.τ.1 ΤΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ ΤΟΜΟΣ ∆ΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ 2.1.1 Τὰ μὲν δὴ κατὰ Νίκαιαν μέχρι τούτου τέλος ἔσχε, καὶ τῶν ἱερέων

ἕκαστος οἴκαδε ἐπανῆλθον. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὑπερφυῶς ἔχαιρε συμφωνοῦσαν ὁρῶν περὶ τὸ δόγμα τὴν καθόλου ἐκκλησίαν· χαριστήριά τε ἀνατιθεὶς τῷ θεῷ ὑπὲρ τῆς ὁμονοίας τῶν ἐπισκόπων, ὑπέρ τε αὐτοῦ καὶ παίδων καὶ τῆς βασιλείας, ᾠήθη δεῖν οἶκον εὐκτήριον τῷ θεῷ κατασκευάσαι ἐν ῾Ιεροσολύμοις 2.1.2 ἀμφὶ τὸν καλούμενον Κρανίου τόπον. περὶ δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον καὶ ῾Ελένη ἡ αὐτοῦ μήτηρ ἧκεν εἰς ῾Ιεροσόλυμα εὔξασθαί τε καὶ τοὺς ἐνθάδε ἱεροὺς ἱστορῆσαι τόπους. εὐλαβῶς δὲ περὶ τὸ δόγμα τῶν Χριστιανῶν διακειμένη περὶ πολλοῦ ἐποιεῖτο τοῦ σεβασμίου σταυροῦ τὸ ξύλον ἐξευρεῖν. 2.1.3 ἦν δὲ οὔτε τούτου οὔτε τοῦ θεσπεσίου τάφου ἡ εὕρεσις ῥᾳδία. οἱ γὰρ πάλαι τὴν ἐκκλησίαν διώξαντες ῞Ελληνες ἔτι φύεσθαι ἀρχομένην τὴν