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YEARS OF THE WORLD 5776 Years of the divine incarnation 276 The remaining years of Carus, emperor of the Romans. In his 2nd year, Carus, a brave Gallic man, subdued the Sarmatians who had risen up. And having made war also on the Persians, he took Ctesiphon; who, while encamped by the Tigris river, when a thunderbolt struck, was suddenly destroyed along with his tent. After him, Numerian his son reigns for only 30 days. For while returning from Persia and suffering from an eye ailment, he is murdered by his own father-in-law, Aper by name, who was commander in the army and eager to become emperor, but failed in his hope; for the whole army proclaimed Diocletian emperor, who had campaigned with Carus at that time and had shown great bravery, a Dalmatian by birth and a member of the senatorial council, having been honored with consulships. At that time in Rome was Carinus, the son of Carus, who had been left there by his father when he campaigned against the Persians, appearing harsh to the Romans. And Diocletian, having taken power, immediately kills the prefect Aper, the murderer of Numerian, and marching to Rome, he does away with Carinus, who was using his power unjustly, and having appeared excellent throughout his entire reign to the Romans, he reigned for 20 years. 473 28th bishop of Rome, Gaius, 15 years. 18th bishop of Antioch, Cyril, 15 years. 16th bishop of Alexandria, Theonas, 19 years. 38th bishop of Jerusalem, Hymenaeus, 12 years. From the ecclesiastical writing of Eusebius of Pamphilus concerning Paul of Samosata and his wickedness At this time, when Demetrianus in Antioch had departed this life, Paul of Samosata takes over the episcopate. But when this man thought lowly and base things concerning Christ, contrary to the ecclesiastical teaching, as if he had become a man of common nature, Dionysius in Alexandria, having been invited to come to the synod, citing old age along with bodily weakness, deferred his presence, setting forth by letter his opinion which he held concerning the matter in question. But the rest of the shepherds of the churches, from one place and another, as if against a destroyer of the flock of Christ, all came together, hastening to Antioch. Of these, those who were most distinguished were: Firmilian, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia; Gregory and Athenodorus, brothers, shepherds of the parishes in Pontus; and besides these, Helenus of the parish in Tarsus and Nicomas of that in Iconium, and moreover Hymenaeus of the church in Jerusalem, Maximus of the neighboring Caesarea in addition to these, and this one also was a distinguished leader of the brethren in Bostra; and one would not be at a loss to count countless others along with presbyters and deacons who had assembled for the same cause in the aforementioned city; but of these, at least, these were the most eminent. Therefore, with all of them coming together at different times and often for the same purpose, discussions and inquiries were raised at each synod, with those around the Samosatene trying to still hide and conceal the things of his evil doctrine, while others were striving to lay bare and bring to light his heresy and blasphemy against Christ. Meanwhile Dionysius dies 474 in the 12th year of the reign of Gallienus, having presided over the episcopate in Alexandria for 17 years, and Maximus succeeded him. And when Gallienus had held power for fifteen whole years, Claudius was established as his successor. He, having completed a second year, transfers the rule to Aurelian. During his reign, when a final synod of a great many bishops was convened, the leader of the heresy in Antioch, having been detected and now clearly condemned for heterodoxy by all, is excommunicated from the catholic church under heaven. And Malchion especially refuted him as he was concealing the charges, a man learned in other things and of wisdom

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ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΨΟΣ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη σοςʹ Τὰ ὑπόλοιπα τοῦ Ῥωμαίων βασιλέως Κάρου Τῷ βʹ αὐτοῦ ἔτει Κᾶρος ἀνὴρ Γαλάτης ἀνδρεῖος ὑπάρχων ἐχειρώσατο Σαρμάτας ἐπαναστάντας. πολεμήσας δὲ καὶ Πέρσαις παρέλαβε Κτησι φῶντα· ὃς παρὰ τῷ ποταμῷ Τίγριδι διαστρατοπεδευόμενος κεραυνοῦ κατασκήψαντος ἀθρόως ἅμα τῇ σκηνῇ διαφθείρεται. Μεθ' ὃν ὁ Νουμεριανὸς υἱὸς αὐτοῦ βασιλεύει λʹ μόνας ἡμέρας. ἐπανιὼν γὰρ ἐκ Περσῶν καὶ ὀφθαλμιάσας ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου πενθεροῦ φονεύεται, τὴν μὲν προσηγορίαν Ἄπερος, ἐξάρχου δὲ κατὰ τὸ στρατόπεδον ὄντος καὶ βασι λεῦσαι σπουδάσαντος, πλὴν ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλπίδος ἀποτυχόντος· ἡ στρατεία γὰρ πᾶσα ∆ιοκλητιανὸν ἀνηγόρευσε βασιλέα συστρατευσάμενον τῷ Κάρῳ τότε καὶ πολλὴν ἀνδρείαν ἐπιδειξάμενον, ∆αλμάτην τὸ γένος καὶ τῆς συγ κλήτου βουλῆς μετέχοντα, ἐν ὑπατείαις ἠξιωμένον. ἦν δὲ τότε κατὰ τὴν Ῥώμην Καρῖνος ὁ Κάρου παῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖ καταλειφθείς, ἡνίκα ἐπὶ Πέρσας ἐστράτευσε, χαλεπὸς τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις φανείς. ∆ιοκλητιανὸς δὲ παραλαβὼν τὴν ἀρχὴν τὸν μὲν ὕπαρχον Ἄπερα τὸν τοῦ Νουμεριανοῦ σφα γέα παραχρῆμα φονεύει, τὸν δὲ Καρῖνον ἀδίκως τῇ ἀρχῇ χρώμενον ἀνα ζεύξας εἰς Ῥώμην ἀναιρεῖ, καὶ ἄριστος κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν φανεὶς τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις ἐβασίλευσεν κʹ χρόνους. 473 Ῥώμης κηʹ ἐπίσκοπος Γάιος ἔτη ιεʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ιηʹ ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη ιεʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ιςʹ ἐπίσκοπος Θεωνᾶς ἔτη ιθʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ληʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ὑμέναιος ἔτη ιβʹ. Ἐκ τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς συγγραφῆς Εὐσεβίου τοῦ Παμφίλου περὶ Παύλου τοῦ Σαμοσάτων καὶ τῆς κακίας αὐτοῦ Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ καὶ ∆ημητριανοῦ κατὰ Ἀντιόχειαν τὸν βίον μεταλλάξαντος τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν Παῦλος ὁ Σαμοσάτων παραλαμβάνει. τούτου δὲ ταπεινὰ καὶ χαμαιπετῆ περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρὰ τὴν ἐκκλησιαστικὴν διδασκαλίαν φρονήσαντος, ὡς κοινοῦ τὴν φύσιν ἀνθρώπου γενομένου, ὁ μὲν κατὰ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ∆ιονύσιος παρακληθείς, ὡς ἂν ἐπὶ τὴν σύνοδον ἀφίκοιτο, γῆρας ὁμοῦ καὶ ἀσθένειαν τοῦ σώματος αἰτιασάμενος ἀνατίθεται τὴν παρουσίαν, δι' ἐπιστολῆς τὴν αὐτοῦ γνώμην ἣν ἔχει περὶ τοῦ ζητουμένου παραστήσας. οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν ποιμένες ἄλλος ἄλλοθεν ὡς ἐπὶ λυμεῶνα τῆς Χριστοῦ ποίμνης συνῄεσαν οἱ πάντες ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν σπεύδοντες. τούτων οἳ μάλιστα διέπρεπον, Φιρμιλιανὸς μὲν τῆς Καππα δοκῶν Καισαρείας ἐπίσκοπος ἦν, Γρηγόριος δὲ καὶ Ἀθηνόδωρος ἀδελφοὶ τῶν κατὰ Πόντον παροικιῶν ποιμένες, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις Ἕλενος τῆς ἐν Ταρσῷ παροικίας καὶ Νικομᾶς τῆς ἐν Ἰκονίῳ, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐκκλησίας Ὑμέναιος, τῆς ὁμόρου ταύτης Καισαρείας Μάξιμος ἔτι πρὸς τούτοις, τῶν κατὰ Βόστραν δὲ καὶ οὗτος ἀδελφῶν διαπρεπῶς ἡγεῖτο· μυρίους τε ἄλλους οὐκ ἂν ἀπορήσαι τις ἅμα πρεσβυτέροις καὶ δια κόνοις τῆς αὐτῆς ἕνεκεν αἰτίας ἐν τῇ προειρημένῃ πόλει συγκροτηθέντας ἀπαριθμούμενος· ἀλλὰ τούτων γε οἱ μάλιστα ἐπιφανεῖς οἵδε ἦσαν. πάν των οὖν κατὰ καιροὺς διαφόρως καὶ πολλάκις ἐπὶ ταὐτὸ συνιόντων λόγοι καὶ ζητήσεις καθ' ἑκάστην ἀνεκινοῦντο σύνοδον, τῶν μὲν ἀμφὶ τὸν Σαμο σατέα τὰ τῆς κακοδοξίας ἐπικρύπτειν ἔτι καὶ παρακαλύπτεσθαι πειρω μένων, τῶν δὲ ἀπογυμνοῦν καὶ εἰς φανερὸν ἄγειν τὴν αἵρεσιν καὶ τὴν εἰς Χρι στὸν βλασφημίαν αὐτοῦ διὰ σπουδῆς ποιουμένων. ἐν τούτῳ δὲ ∆ιονύσιος τε 474 λευτᾷ κατὰ τὸ ιβʹ ἔτος τῆς Γαλιηνοῦ βασιλείας προστὰς τῆς κατὰ Ἀλεξάν δρειαν ἐπισκοπῆς ἔτεσι ιζʹ, διαδέχεται δ' αὐτὸν Μάξιμος. Γαλιηνοῦ δὲ ἐφ' ὅλοις ἐνιαυτοῖς πεντεκαίδεκα τὴν ἀρχὴν κεκρατηκότος Κλαύδιος κατ έστη διάδοχος. δεύτερον οὗτος διελθὼν ἔτος Αὐρηλιανῷ μεταδίδωσι τὴν ἡγεμονίαν. Καθ' ὃν τελευταίας συγκροτηθείσης πλείστων ὅσων ἐπισκόπων συνό δου, φωραθεὶς καὶ πρὸς ἁπάντων ἤδη σαφῶς καταγνωσθεὶς ἑτεροδοξίαν ὁ τῆς κατὰ Ἀντιόχειας αἱρέσεως ἀρχηγός, ἐκ τῆς ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν καθολι κῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀποκηρύττεται. μάλιστα δ' αὐτὸν εὐθύνας ἐπικρυπτόμενον διήλεγξε Μαλχίων, ἀνὴρ τά τε ἄλλα λόγιος καὶ σοφίας