Of the COUNCIL of Milan.
THE Bishops of the West being assembled at this Council to find out some means of determining the Differences of the Bishops which troubled the Peace of the Church, the Deputies of the * 1.1 Eastern Bishops came thither, and propos'd that large Confession of Faith last mentioned to them: The Western Bishops for their part declar'd, That the Nicene Creed must be approved, and Arius condemned. This Proposition provoked the Deputies of the Bishops of the East who retired in great anger. Ursacius and Valens were received into Communion in this Council, after they had presented a Manifesto, wherein they condemn the Heresies of Arius and Photinus. The Error of the latter was also condemn'd in this Synod. This Council was held in the Year 346. For, First, It was as∣sembled when the Deputies of the Council of Antioch came into the West, and brought with them their long Confession of Faith; and St. Athanasius says, That they did this Three Years after the First Deputation which they made about the end of the Year 342. Secondly, Liberius says in his Letter to Constantius compos'd in the Year 354, That it was then Eight Years since the Legates who came from the East, withdrew from the Council of Milan in great discontent. Lastly, St. Athanasius says, that Constantius commanded him to appear at Milan, in the Fourth Year of his Abode in the West; and he came in 341, and therefore this Synod was held about the end of the Year 345, or the beginning of the Year 346.