The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes.

CHAP. XXXVI. Concerning the Synod at Millaine.

AT that time the Bishops met in Italy; there came not very many of the Eastern Bi∣shops, in regard most of them were hindred from coming either by their great age, or by the length of the journey: but of the We∣stern Bishops there met above a 1.1 three hun∣dred. For it was the Emperours order, that a Synod should be held at the City of Millaine. Where being met together, the Eastern Bishops requested that in the first place sentence might by a general consent be pronounced against A∣thanasius: that so, that having been effected, he might in future be perfectly disabled from re∣turning to Alexandria. But when b 1.2 Paulinus Bishop of Triers in Gallia, and Dionysius, and Eusebius, (the former of whom was Bishop of c 1.3 Alba the Metropolis of Italy, and the latter of Vercellae which is a City of Liguria in Italy,) were sensible, that the Eastern Bishops, by a ratification of the sentence against Athanasius, attempted the subversion of the Faith, they arose and with great earnestness cryed out▪ that deceit and fraud was covertly designed against the Christian Religion by what was transacted: for they said, that the accusation against Athanasius was not true, but that these things were invented by them in order to the depravation of the Faith. After they had with loud voices spoken all this, the congress of Bi∣shops was for that time dissolved.

Notes

• a 1.1

  We meet with the same num∣ber in So∣zomen, book 4. chap. 9. But 'tis scarce cre∣dible that so great a number of Bishops should have been convened at this Council of Millaine: I should rather think that the copies of Socrates and Sozo∣men were false; and that instead of [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 three hundred] it should be [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 thirty.] In the Epistle of the Council of Millaine sent to Eusebius Bishop of Vercellae, there are the names of thirty Bishops only, who consented to the condemnation of Athanasius, Marcellus, and Photinus. Amongst whom some Eastern Bishops are recounted, as you may see in Baronius, at the year of Christ 355. Vales.
• b 1.2

  Paulinus Bishop of Triers was not present at the Council of Mil∣laine, but at that of Orleance, which had been convened two years be∣fore, in the year of Christ 353. See Baronius. Vales.
• c 1.3

  The reading is the same in Sozomen, book 4. chap. 9. But Ba∣ronius has long since remarked, that Alba is here put instead of Mil∣laine, For Millaine (not Alba) was the Metropolis of Italy. And Dionysius, who then opposed Constantius and the Arians, was not Bi∣shop of Alba, but of Millaine, as Athanasius attests in his Epistle a•• Solitar. Vales.