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arrival from our King above, Jesus Christ, "they were broken, delivered to a judgment of death, along with the destructive "demon who conspired with them. This we ordered in the presence of Amigetius 223 "and Ciceronius and Damasus and Lampon and Brentesius, when they had "become hearers. The very proceedings themselves we have also sent to "you, that you may know what was done in the virtuous synod." To these letters he joined also the decrees of the synod, declaring these things in summary: "We confess, in accordance with the great and orthodox synod, that the Son is "consubstantial with the Father; and we do not understand the consubstantial "in the way that some in the past explained it, who did not genuinely subscribe, and now "others, calling those men fathers, having rejected the force of the word "and following those who wrote that 'like' is signified by 'consubstantial,' "according to which the Son is not like any of the other creatures made through him, "but is likened to the Father alone. "For those who expound these things impiously teach that the Son of "God is a pre-eminent creature. But we hold, as do the synods now, "both that in Rome and that in Gaul, that there is one and the same "substance of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, in three "persons, that is, in three perfect hypostases. We confess, "according to the exposition at Nicaea, also that the Son of God, "the consubstantial, was incarnate from the holy Virgin Mary, and dwelt "among men, and fulfilled the whole economy for our sake, in "his birth and passion and resurrection and ascension into heaven; and 224 "will come again to give us the divine likeness from himself, "being God bearing flesh and man bearing God; and we anathematize "those who hold opinions contrary to the aforementioned, and those who do not "genuinely anathematize the one who said that 'before he was begotten, the Son "was not,' but who wrote that 'even before being begotten in actuality, he existed "in potentiality in the Father.' For this is also the case with all creatures, "which do not always exist with God, whereas the Son is always with the Father, "having been begotten by an eternal generation." These things, then, the emperor has declared in summary. But I shall insert the very letters of the synod into my history. "The bishops of Illyricum to the churches of God and "the bishops of the diocese of Asiana, Phrygia, Carophrygia, "Pacatiana, greeting in the Lord. "When we had assembled in the same place and much inquiry had been made "concerning the word of salvation, we demonstrated that the Trinity, 225 "Father and Son and Holy Spirit, is consubstantial. And it was right to draw up "a letter to you, writing the matters of the religion of the Trinity not with sophistries, "but as having been deemed worthy in humility. This our "letter we have sent through our beloved brother and "fellow minister, Elpidius the presbyter. † For not in letters written "by our hands, but in the books of our Savior Jesus "Christ: " 'I am of Paul,' and 'I of Apollos,' "and 'I of Cephas.' Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized "in the name of Paul?' " And this would have been enough for our "humility, not to draw up a letter to you at all, on account of "the great fear which you preach there in the entire province under you, "separating the Holy Spirit from the Father and the "Son. We therefore were constrained to send to you our lord "and fellow minister Elpidius from the ruling authority of the Romans, "bearing this letter, to ascertain if indeed your "preaching is thus. For let those who do not preach the Trinity as consubstantial be anathema, 226 "and if anyone be found communing with them, let him be "anathema; but for those who preach the Trinity as consubstantial, the kingdom of "heaven has been prepared. We entreat you, therefore, brothers, not to teach "other doctrines, not to introduce novelties, but by always and in all things "preaching the Trinity as consubstantial, may you be able to inherit the kingdom "of God. "Writing about this and a reminder

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ἀφίξεως ὑπὸ τοῦ ἄνωθεν βασιλέως ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ "ἐρράγησαν, παραδοθέντες εἰς κρίσιν θανάτου, μετὰ τοῦ συνδραμόντος "αὐτοῖς φθοριμαίου δαίμονος. τοῦτο προσετάξαμεν ἐπὶ Ἀμιγητίου 223 "καὶ Κικερωνίου καὶ ∆αμάσου καὶ Λάμπωνος καὶ Βρεντησίου, ἀκρο "ατῶν γενομένων. ἅπερ καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ πραχθέντα ἀπεστάλκαμεν πρὸς "ὑμᾶς, ἵνα γνῶναι ἔχητε τὰ πραχθέντα ἐν τῇ ἐναρέτῳ συνόδῳ." Τούτοις συνέζευξε τοῖς γράμμασι καὶ τῆς συνόδου τὰ δόγματα ἐν κεφαλαίῳ ταῦτα δηλώσας· "Ὁμολογοῦμεν ἀκολούθως τῇ μεγάλῃ καὶ ὀρθοδόξῳ συνόδῳ ὁμο "ούσιον εἶναι τῷ πατρὶ τὸν υἱόν· καὶ οὐχ οὕτω νοοῦμεν τὸ ὁμοούσιον "ὡς καὶ πάλαι τινὲς ἐξηγήσαντο μὴ ἀληθινῶς ὑπογράψαντες, καὶ νῦν "ἕτεροι πατέρας ἐκείνους καλοῦντες, τὴν δύναμιν τῆς λέξεως ἀθετή "σαντες καὶ ἑπόμενοι τοῖς γράψασι τὸ ὅμοιον δηλοῦσθαι διὰ τοῦ "ὁμοουσίου, καθ' ὃ οὐδενὶ τῶν λοιπῶν κτισμάτων τῶν δι' αὐτοῦ "γενομένων ἐμφερὴς ὁ υἱός, ἀλλ' ἢ μόνῳ τῷ πατρὶ ἀφωμοίωται. "οἱ γὰρ ταῦτα ἐξηγούμενοι κτίσμα ἐξαίρετον ἀσεβῶς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ "θεοῦ δογματίζουσιν. ἡμεῖς δὲ φρονοῦμεν, ὡς καὶ αἱ σύνοδοι νῦν "αἵ τε κατὰ Ῥώμην καὶ ἡ κατὰ Γαλλίαν, μίαν εἶναι καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν "οὐσίαν τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, ἐν τρισὶ "προσώποις, ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τρισὶ τελείαις ὑποστάσεσιν. ὁμολογοῦμεν δὲ "κατὰ τὴν ἔκθεσιν τὴν ἐν Νικαίᾳ, καὶ σεσαρκῶσθαι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ "τὸν ὁμοούσιον ἐκ τῆς ἁγίας παρθένου Μαρίας, καὶ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐσκη "νωκέναι, καὶ πεπληρωκέναι πᾶσαν τὴν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν οἰκονομίαν, ἐν "γενέσει καὶ πάθει καὶ ἀναστάσει καὶ τῇ εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀναβάσει· καὶ 224 "πάλιν ἥξειν ἀποδιδόντα τὴν ὁμοίωσιν ἡμῖν τὴν θείαν παρ' ἑαυτοῦ, "θεὸν ὄντα σαρκοφόρον καὶ ἄνθρωπον θεοφόρον· καὶ τοὺς τοῖς "προειρημένοις ἐναντία φρονοῦντας ἀναθεματίζομεν, καὶ τοὺς μὴ "γνησίως ἀναθεματίζοντας τὸν εἰπόντα ὅτι πρὶν γεννηθῆναι οὐκ ἦν "ὁ υἱός, ἀλλὰ γράψαντας ὅτι καὶ πρὶν ἐνεργείᾳ γεννηθῆναι δυνάμει "ἦν ἐν τῷ πατρί. τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν κτισμάτων ἐστὶ "τῶν μὴ ἀεὶ ὄντων μετὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, καθ' ὃ ὁ υἱὸς ἀεὶ μετὰ τοῦ πατρός "ἐστιν, ἀϊδίῳ γεννήσει γεγεννημένος." Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ δεδήλωκεν. ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ αὐτὰ τῆς συνόδου τὰ γράμματα ἐνθήσω τῇ συγγραφῇ. "Οἱ ἐπίσκοποι τοῦ Ἰλλυρικοῦ ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ "ἐπισκόποις διοικήσεως Ἀσιανῆς, Φρυγίας, Καροφρυγίας, Πακα "τιανῆς, ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. "Συνελθόντων ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ζητήσεως πολλῆς γενομένης "περὶ τοῦ σωτηρίου λόγου, ἀπεδείξαμεν ὁμοούσιον εἶναι τὴν τριάδα 225 "πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος. καὶ ἦν δίκαιον γράμματα "ἀποχαράξαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, οὐ σοφίσμασι τὰ τῆς θρησκείας τῆς τριάδος "γράφοντας, ἀλλ' ἐν ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καταξιωθέντας. τουτὶ ἡμῶν "τὸ γράμμα ἀπεστάλκαμεν διὰ τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ "συλλειτουργοῦ Ἐλπιδίου τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου. † οὐ ταῖς γὰρ τῶν ἡμε "τέρων ἐν χερσὶν γραμμάτων, ἀλλ' ἐν ταῖς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ "Χριστοῦ βίβλοις· " ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι Παύλου, ἐγὼ δὲ Ἀπολλώ, "ἐγὼ δὲ Κηφᾶ. μὴ Παῦλος ἐσταυρώθη ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ἢ εἰς τὸ "ὄνομα Παύλου ἐβαπτίσθητε; " καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἤρκει τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ "ταπεινώσει, μήτε τὸ καθόλου γράμματα ἀποχαράξαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, διὰ "τὸν τηλικοῦτον φόβον ὃν αὐτόθι κηρύσσετε πάσῃ τῇ ὑφ' ὑμᾶς "ἐπαρχίᾳ, ἀποχωρίζοντες τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ "υἱοῦ. ἀνάγκην οὖν ἔσχομεν πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν "καὶ συλλειτουργὸν Ἐλπίδιον ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλευούσης Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς "τοῦτο τὸ γράμμα ἔχοντα, καταμαθόντα εἴ γε ἄρα οὕτως ἔχει τὸ "κήρυγμα ὑμῶν. οἱ γὰρ μὴ ὁμοούσιον τὴν τριάδα κηρύττοντες ἀνά 226 "θεμα ἔστωσαν, καὶ εἴ τις τούτοις φωραθείη κοινωνῶν, ἀνάθεμα "ἔστω· τοῖς δὲ κηρύττουσιν ὁμοούσιον τὴν τριάδα ἡ βασιλεία τῶν "οὐρανῶν ἡτοίμασται. παρακαλοῦμεν οὖν ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, μὴ ἑτεροδι "δασκαλεῖν, μὴ ἑτεροκαινοδοξεῖν, ἀλλ' ὁμοούσιον ἀεὶ καὶ διὰ παντὸς "κηρύττοντες τὴν τριάδα δυνηθῆτε κληρονομῆσαι τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ "βασιλείαν. "Περὶ τούτου γράφοντες καὶ ὑπόμνησιν