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that Acacius and his party, feigning ignorance of the origin of such a heresy, deliberately urged the emperor and his court to hold a trial, thinking that Aetius would be invincible in argument, and able by the force of persuasion to convince his hearers, and that the heresy would prevail without a struggle. But when this turned out contrary to their expectations, they brought forward the document brought from Ariminum, and demanded that the delegates from the synod in Seleucia accept it; but as they insisted that the word 'substance' should by no means be omitted, they persuaded them with oaths that they did not believe the Son to be unlike the Father in substance, and that they were ready to renounce this 4.23.6 heresy. But since the Westerns had unexpectedly omitted the word 'substance' at Ariminum, they maintained that such a document was very important to them; for if, he said, it should prevail, the word 'homoousios' would certainly be silenced along with the word 'ousia', a term which the priests throughout the West especially, out of reverence for the synod of 4.23.7 Nicaea, held in high esteem. In addition to these things, the emperor himself was also persuaded to praise this document, considering the multitude of those who had assembled at Ariminum, and how he would not err in saying the Son is like <the Father, confessing that 'like' is in effect the same> <as 'of like substance'> and 'of the same substance', and that it made no difference to him in meaning if he did not use words unknown to Holy Scripture, and confessed the same meaning in the equivalent and undisputed word 4.23.8 'like'. Being therefore of this mind, he commanded the bishops to agree concerning what had been set forth by those who had assembled at Ariminum. And while preparing on the following day for the consular procession, as is the custom for the Romans on the new moon of their month of January, he spent the whole day and much of the ensuing night adjudicating between the bishops, until indeed those who had arrived from Seleucia also signed the document brought from Ariminum. 4.24.1 Acacius and his party, after remaining for some time in Constantinople, summoned the bishops from Bithynia, among whom were Maris of Chalcedon and Ulfilas of the Goths. And being fifty in number, they came together to the same place and confirmed the document read out at Ariminum, adding that henceforth 'substance' or 'hypostasis' should by no means be named in reference to God, and that contrary to this document, every other, whether already made or to be made, was renounced. 4.24.2 And when they had done these things, they deposed Aetius from the diaconate, on the grounds that he was contentious and writing for a display of wisdom inconsistent with the ecclesiastical way of life, and conducted his disputations blasphemously, and was the cause of turmoil and seditions in the churches. And it is said by some, that they did not depose him from conviction, but to clear themselves and the opinions about them before the emperor; 4.24.3 for they were slandered as holding his opinions. And taking advantage of the emperor's anger, which he had against Macedonius for the reasons previously stated, they deposed him and Eleusius, the bishop of Cyzicus, and Basil of Ancyra, and Heor4.24.4tasius of Sardis, and Dracontius of Pergamum. And although differing concerning dogma, in deposing these men they did not find fault with their faith, but brought charges common to all, that they had disturbed the churches and sinned against the ecclesiastical laws, and they brought individual accusations against Basil, that he seized the papers of Diogenes, a presbyter from Alexandria who was passing through Ancyra, and beat him, and that he ordered the magistrates to punish without trial clerics from Antioch and the regions along the Euphrates river, Cilicians, Galatians, and Asiatics with banishment and other punishments, so that they even experienced iron fetters, and in addition lost their property to the 4.24.5 soldiers leading them away, so that they would not be insulted. They also accused him that, when the emperor had commanded Aetius and some of those with him to be brought to Cecropius to defend themselves against the charges he was bringing, he persuaded the one entrusted with the ruler's

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τοὺς περὶ ᾿Ακάκιον ἄγνοιαν σκηπτομένους τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς τοιαύτης αἱρέσεως ἐπίτηδες σπουδάσαι τὸν βασιλέα καὶ τοὺς ἀμφ' αὐτὸν δικάσαι, ἀκαταμάχητον ἔσεσθαι τοῖς λόγοις τὸν ᾿Αέτιον οἰηθέντας καὶ ἱκανὸν πειθοῦς ἀνάγκῃ τοὺς ἀκούοντας ἑλεῖν καὶ ἀκονιτὶ κρα4.23.5 τῦναι τὴν αἵρεσιν. ἐπεὶ δὲ τοῦτο παρ' ἐλπίδας αὐτοῖς ἀπέβη, προκομίσαι τὴν ἐξ ᾿Αριμήνου διακομισθεῖσαν γραφὴν καὶ τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους παρὰ τῆς ἐν Σελευκείᾳ συνόδου ἀξιῶσαι ταύτην καταδέξασθαι· ἰσχυριζομένους δὲ μηδαμῶς τὸ τῆς οὐσίας ὄνομα παραλιμπάνειν ὅρκοις πεῖσαι, ὡς οὐκ ἀνόμοιον κατ' οὐσίαν τὸν υἱὸν δοξάζουσιν ἑτοίμως τε ἔχουσι ταύτην ἀποκηρύττειν τὴν 4.23.6 αἵρεσιν. ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ παραδόξως οἱ δυτικοὶ τὸ τῆς οὐσίας ὄνομα παρέλιπον ἐν ᾿Αριμήνῳ, περισπούδαστον αὐτοῖς εἶναι ἰσχυρίζοντο τὴν τοιαύτην γραφήν· εἰ γάρ, φησι, κρατήσοι, πάντως που τῷ τῆς οὐσίας ὀνόματι συσσιωπηθήσεσθαι καὶ τὸ τοῦ ὁμοουσίου, ὃ δὴ μάλιστα οἱ ἀνὰ τὴν δύσιν ἱερεῖς αἰδοῖ τῆς ἐν 4.23.7 Νικαίᾳ συνόδου περὶ πολλοῦ ἐποιοῦντο. πρὸς τούτοις δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπείσθη ταύτην ἐπαινεῖν τὴν γραφήν, λογιζόμενος τῶν ἐν ᾿Αριμήνῳ συνελθόντων τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ ὡς οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοι ὅμοιον <τῷ πατρὶ τὸν υἱὸν λέγων, εἶναι κατὰ δύναμιν ταὐτὸν τὸ ὅμοιον> ὁμολογῶν <καὶ τὸ ὁμοιούσιον> καὶ ὁμοούσιον καὶ μηδὲν αὐτῷ διαφέρειν κατ' ἔννοιαν, εἰ ὀνόμασιν ἀγνώστοις τῇ ἱερᾷ γραφῇ μὴ χρῷτο, ἐν ἰσοδυνάμῳ τε καὶ ἀναμφηρίστῳ ὀνόματι τῷ 4.23.8 ὅμοιον τὴν αὐτὴν σημασίαν ὁμολογοίη. οὕτως οὖν ἔχων γνώμης ὁμο4.23.8 νοεῖν ἐκέλευσε τοὺς ἐπισκόπους περὶ τὴν ἐκτεθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν ᾿Αριμήνῳ συνελθόντων. ἑτοιμαζόμενός τε τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ πρὸς ὑπατικὴν πομπήν, καθὰ ῾Ρωμαίοις ἔθος ἐν τῇ νουμηνίᾳ τοῦ παρ' αὐτοῖς ᾿Ιαννουαρίου μηνός, πᾶσαν τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ πολὺ τῆς ἐπιλαβούσης νυκτὸς ἀνάλωσε μεταξὺ τῶν ἐπισκόπων διαγιγνώσκων, εἰσότε δὴ τῇ διακομισθείσῃ ἐξ ᾿Αριμήνου γραφῇ καὶ οἱ ἐκ Σελευκείας ἀφιγμένοι ὑπέγραψαν. 4.24.1 Οἱ δὲ ἀμφὶ ᾿Ακάκιον ἐπιμείναντές τινα χρόνον ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει μετεκαλέσαντο τοὺς ἐκ Βιθυνίας ἐπισκόπους, ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ Μάρις ὁ Χαλκηδόνος καὶ Οὐλφίλας ὁ τῶν Γότθων. πεντήκοντα δὲ ὄντες εἰς ταὐτὸν συνῆλθον καὶ ἐβεβαίωσαν τὴν ἐν ᾿Αριμήνῳ ἀναγνωσθεῖσαν γραφήν, προσθέντες τοῦ λοιποῦ οὐσίαν ἢ ὑπόστασιν ἐπὶ θεοῦ ὀνομάζειν μηδόλως, παρὰ ταύτην δὲ τὴν γραφὴν ἀποκεκηρύχθαι πᾶσαν ἄλλην ἢ γενομένην ἢ μέλλουσαν. 4.24.2 ᾿Επεὶ δὲ ταῦτα ἔπραξαν, καθαιροῦσιν ᾿Αέτιον τῆς διακονίας ὡς ἐρι-στικῶς καὶ πρὸς ἔνδειξιν σοφίας ἐκκλησιαστικῆς προαιρέσεως ἀπᾳδούσης συγγράφοντά τε καὶ τὰς διαλέξεις δυσφήμως ποιούμενον, ταραχῆς τε καὶ στάσεων ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις αἴτιον. λέγεται δὲ πρός τινων, ὡς οὐκ ἀπὸ γνώμης τοῦτον καθεῖλον, ἀλλ' ἀφοσιούμενοι καὶ ταῖς περὶ αὐτῶν δόξαις πρὸς βασιλέα· 4.24.3 διεβάλλοντο γὰρ τὰ αὐτοῦ φρονεῖν. ἀποχρησάμενοι δὲ τῇ ὀργῇ βασιλέως, ἣν κατὰ Μακεδονίου εἶχεν ἐκ τῶν πρόσθεν εἰρημένων, καθαιροῦσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ᾿Ελεύσιον τὸν Κυζίκου ἐπίσκοπον καὶ Βασίλειον τὸν ᾿Αγκύρας καὶ ῾Εορ4.24.4 τάσιον τὸν Σάρδεων καὶ ∆ρακόντιον τὸν Περγάμου. διαφερόμενοί τε περὶ δόγματος ἐν τῷ καθαιρεῖν τούτους οὐκ ἐμέμφοντο τὴν αὐτῶν πίστιν, αἰτίας δὲ ἐπῆγον κοινῇ μὲν πᾶσιν, ὡς τὰς ἐκκλησίας ἐτάραξαν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἐκκλησιαστικοὺς νόμους ἐξήμαρτον, ἰδίᾳ δὲ ἐγκλήματα ἐπέφερον Βασιλείῳ μὲν ὡς ∆ιογένην πρεσβύτερον ἐκ τῆς ᾿Αλεξανδρείας τὴν ῎Αγκυραν διοδεύοντα χάρτας τε ἀφείλετο καὶ ἐτύπτησε καὶ κληρικοὺς ἐκ τῆς ᾿Αντιοχείας καὶ τῶν παρὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην ποταμὸν Κίλικάς τε καὶ Γαλάτας καὶ ᾿Ασιανοὺς ὑπερορίαις φυγαῖς καὶ ἄλλαις τιμωρίαις ζημιοῦν ἀκρίτως τοῖς ἄρχουσιν ἐπέταττεν, ὡς καὶ σιδηρῶν αὐτοὺς πειραθῆναι δεσμῶν καὶ τὰ ὄντα προσαπολλύειν τοῖς 4.24.5 ἀπάγουσι στρατιώταις, ἵνα μὴ ὑβρίζωνται. ἐπῃτιῶντο δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ ὡς βασιλέως προστάξαντος ἀχθῆναι πρὸς Κεκρόπιον ᾿Αέτιόν τε καί τινας τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ ἀπολογησομένους ἐφ' οἷς ἐνεκάλει, πέπεικε τὸν ἐπιτραπέντα τὴν τοῦ κρατοῦντος