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Of the COUNCIL of Singedunum, Compos'd of Arian Bishops.

GErminius Bishop of Sirmium made in 366. a Confession of Faith, wherein he makes profession of believing in Jesus Christ the only Son of God, our Lord and our God, the true Son of God, of the * 1.1 true Father, God, begotten before all Worlds, like in all things to his Father, in Divinity, in Majesty, in Greatness, in Power and in Wisdom. This Confession of Faith displeas'd Ursacius, Valens and the other Arian Bishops, who desired of him an Account of his Faith. The only Answer that he made to them was, that he would not separate from them: Wherefore they assembled at Singedunum a City of Moesia, and from thence wrote to him to dissuade him from maintaining that the Son of God was in all things like his Father. This Letter is preserved in the Fragments of St. Hilary.▪ 'Tis Dated December 16th. in the Year 366. Germinius answer'd them, [That he made Profession of believing the Son of God to be in all things like to his Father, except the Innascibility, God of God, Light of Light, Begotten before all Ages, who is not made of nothing, but begotten of God his Father. In short he says, That he does not depart from the Creed drawn up by Marcus of Arethusa, which had been formerly sign'd by Ursacius and Valens.

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• * 1.1

  Of Singe∣dunum, of Arian Bi∣shops, 366.