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. VI. Concerning those who at that time were the Ring∣leaders of the Arian Opinion.

DOrotheus Bishop of the Arian Heresie (who had been translated by the Arians from Antioch to Constantinople, as we have related * 1.1 before,) having lived an hundred and nineteen years, died in Honorius's seventh and Theodosius Augustus's second Consulate, on the sixth of No∣vember. After this person Barba presided over the Arian Sect. In whose time the Arian He∣resie was very happy in having two eloquent men, both whom were dignified with a Presbyterate. The name of the one was Timotheus; the other was called Georgius. Georgius was furnished with more of Grecian Literature: but Timotheus had bestowed greater pains about the Sacred Scri∣ptures. Moreover, Georgius had Aristotle's and Plato's books always in his hands: but Timo∣theus was † 1.2 an admirer of Origen: and in his Expositions of the Sacred Scriptures in pub∣lick, he [shewed himself] not to be unskilled in the Hebrew Tongue. Timotheus, had former∣ly been an adherent to the Sect of the ‖ 1.3 Psathy∣riani. But Georgius had been ordained by Barba. I my self discoursed with this Timotheus, and evidently perceived how ready and expedite he was in returning answers to those who questioned him, and in explaining the most obscure places which occur in the Sacred Scriptures. He al∣ways quoted Origen as a most evident witness of what he asserted. I cannot therefore but won∣der, how these two persons should persist [in their adherence] to Arianism; the one of whom had Plato always in his hand; and the other had Origen in his mouth. For neither does Plato assert, that the Second and Third Cause (as he usually terms them,) took a beginning of Ex∣istence. And Origen every where acknowledges the Son to be coeternal with the Father. But, though they continued in their own Church, yet the Arian heresie was by them reduced to a bet∣ter and more moderate temper. For by their own doctrine they banished many of Arius's blasphemies. But thus far concerning these per∣sons. Not long after this, Sisinnius Bishop of the Novatianists dyed, in the same Consulate, and Chrysanthus is ordained, concerning whom we shall speak hereafter.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Book. 5. chap. 12.
• † 1.2

  Or, de∣lighted with.
• ‖ 1.3

  See book 5. chap. 23.