6. Since then our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has instructed us by His own mouth, and also hath signified to us by the Apostle concerning such men, we accordingly being personal witnesses of their impiety, have anathematized, as we said, all such, and declared them to be alien from the Catholic Faith and Church. And we have made this known to your piety, dearly beloved and most honoured fellow-ministers, in order that should any of them have the boldness [383] to come unto you, you may not receive them, nor comply with the desire of Eusebius, or any other person writing in their behalf. For it becomes us who are Christians to turn away from all who speak or think any thing against Christ, as being enemies of God, and destroyers [384] of souls; and not even to "bid such God speed [385] ," lest we become partakers of their sins, as the blessed John hath charged us. Salute the brethren that are with you. They that are with me salute you.
Presbyters of Alexandria.
7. I, Colluthus, Presbyter, agree with what is here written, and give my assent to the deposition of Arius and his associates in impiety.
Alexander [386] , Presbyter, likewise
Dioscorus [387] , Presbyter, likewise
Dionysius [388] , Presbyter, likewise
Eusebius, Presbyter, likewise
Alexander, Presbyter, likewise
Nilaras [389] , Presbyter, likewise
Arpocration, Presbyter, likewise
Agathus, Presbyter
Nemesius, Presbyter
Longus [390] , Presbyter
Silvanus, Presbyter
Peroys, Presbyter
Apis, Presbyter
Proterius, Presbyter
Paulus, Presbyter
Cyrus, Presbyter, likewise
Deacons
Ammonius [391] , Deacon, likewise
Macarius, Deacon
Pistus [392] , Deacon, likewise
Athanasius, Deacon
Eumenes, Deacon
Apollonius [393] , Deacon
Olympius, Deacon
Aphthonius [394] , Deacon
Athanasius [395] , Deacon
Macarius, Deacon, likewise
Paulus, Deacon
Petrus, Deacon
Ambytianus, Deacon
Gaius [396] , Deacon, likewise
Alexander, Deacon
Dionysius, Deacon
Agathon, Deacon
Polybius, Deacon, likewise
Theonas, Deacon
Marcus, Deacon
Comodus, Deacon
Serapion [397] , Deacon
Nilon, Deacon
Romanus, Deacon, likewise
Presbyters of the Mareotis.
I, Apollonius, Presbyter, agree with what is here written, and give my assent to the deposition of Arius and his associates in impiety.
Ingenius [398] , Presbyter, likewise
Ammonius, Presbyter
Dioscorus [399] , Presbyter
Sostras, Presbyter
Theon [400] , Presbyter
Tyrannus, Presbyter
Copres, Presbyter
Ammonas [401] , Presbyter
Orion, Presbyter
Serenus, Presbyter
Didymus, Presbyter
Heracles [402] , Presbyter
Boccon [403] , Presbyter
Agathus, Presbyter
Achillas, Presbyter
Paulus, Presbyter
Thalelæus, Presbyter
Dionysius, Presbyter, likewise
Deacons
Sarapion [404] , Deacon, likewise
Justus, Deacon, likewise
Didymus, Deacon
Demetrius [405] , Deacon
Maurus [406] , Deacon
Alexander, Deacon
Marcus [407] , Deacon
Comon, Deacon
Tryphon [408] , Deacon
Ammonius [409] , Deacon
Didymus, Deacon
Ptollarion [410] , Deacon
Seras, Deacon
Gaius [411] , Deacon
Hierax [412] , Deacon
Marcus, Deacon
Theonas, Deacon
Sarmaton, Deacon
Carpon, Deacon
Zoilus, Deacon, likewise
[352] Cf. Apol. Ar. §24.
[353] (Eph. iv. 4.) St. Alexander in Theod. begins his Epistle to his namesake of Constantinople with some moral reflections, concerning ambition and avarice. Athan. indeed uses a similar introduction to his Ep. Æg., but it is not addressed to an individual.
[354] paranomoi. vid. Hist. Ar. §71 init. 75 fin. 79.
[355] prodromon 'Antichristou. vid Orat. i. 7. Vit. Ant. 69. note on de Syn. 5.
[356] kai eboulomen men siope....epeide de....ananken eschon. vid. Apol. contra. Ar. §1 init, de Decr. § 2. Orat. i. 23 init. Orat. ii. init. Orat. iii. 1. ad Serap. i. 1. 16. ii. 1 init. iii. init. iv. 8 init. Letters 52. 2, 59. 3 fin. 61. 1. contra Apollin. i. 1 init.
[357] rhupose, and infr. rhupon. vid Hist. Ar. §3. §80, de Decr. §2. Ep. Æg. 11 fin. Orat. i. 10.
[358] akoas, and infr. akoas buei. vid. Ep. Æg. §13. Orat. i. §7. Hist. Ar. §56.
[359] akeraion. Apol. contr. Ar. §1. Ep. Æg. §18. Letters 59. 1, 60. 2 fin. Orat. i. 8.
[360] epophthalmisas also used of Eusebius Apol. contr. Ar. §6. Hist. Ar. §7.
[361] rhematia. vid. de Decr. §8, 18. Orat. i. 10. de Sent. §23 init S. Dionysius also uses it. Ibid. §18.
[362] kakonoian. vid Hist. Ar. §75. de Decr. §1. et al.
[363] ouk aei pater. This enumeration of Arius's tenets, and particularly the mention of the first, corresponds to de Decr. §6. Ep. Æg. §12. as being taken from the Thalia. Orat. i. §5. and far less with Alex. ap. Theod. p. 731, 2. vid. also Sent. D. §16. katachrestikos, which is found here, occurs de Decr. §6.
[364] ousian; ousia tou logou or tou huiou is a familiar expression with Athan. e.g. Orat. i. 45, ii. 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 18 init. 22, 47 init. 56 init. &c., for which Alex. in Theod. uses the word hupostasis e.g. ten idiotropon autou hupostasin; tes hupostaseos autou aperiergastou; neoteran tes hupostaseos genesin; he tou uonogenous anekdiegetos hupostasis; ten tou logou upostasin
[365] (2 Cor. vi. 14.) koinonia photi. This is quoted Alex. ap. Theod. H. E. i. 3. p. 738; by S. Athan. in Letter 47. It seems to have been a received text in the controversy, as the Sardican Council uses it, Apol Ar. 49, and S. Athan. seems to put it into the mouth of St. Anthony, Vit. Ant. 69.
[366] tis gar ekouse. Ep. Æg. §7 init. Letter 59. §2 init. Orat. i. 8. Apol. contr. Ar. 85 init. Hist. Ar. §46 init. §73 init. §74 init. ad Serap. iv. 2 init.
[367] John i. 1.
[368] John i. 3, 14.
[369] Ps. xlv. 1. and cx. 3.
[370] Heb. i. 3.
[371] (Joh. xiv. 9, 10; x. 29.) On the concurrence of these three texts in Athan. (though other writers use them too, and Alex. ap. Theod. has two of them), vid. note on Orat. i. 34.
[372] alogon kai asophon ton theon. de Decr. §15. Orat. i. §19. Ap. Fug. 27. note, notes on Or. i. 19, de. Decr. 15, note 6.
[373] (Joh. xiv. 9, 10; x. 29.) On the concurrence of these three texts in Athan. (though other writers use them too, and Alex. ap. Theod. has two of them), vid. note on Orat. i. 34.
[374] (Joh. xiv. 9, 10; x. 29.) On the concurrence of these three texts in Athan. (though other writers use them too, and Alex. ap. Theod. has two of them), vid. note on Orat. i. 34.
[375] (Mal. iii. 6.) This text is thus applied by Athan. Orat. i. 30. ii. 10. In the first of these passages he uses the same apology, nearly in the same words, which is contained in the text.
[376] Heb. xiii. 8; ii. 10.
[377] John x. 15.
[378] chamaileontes. vid. de Decr. §1. Hist. Ar. §79.
[379] Prov. xviii. 3 [cf. Orat. iii. 1, c. Gent. 8. 4, &c.]
[380] 2 Tim. ii. 17.
[381] Luke xxi. 8.
[382] (1 Tim. iv. 1.) Into this text which Athan. also applies to the Arians (cf. note on Or. i. 9.), Athan. also introduces, like Alexander here, the word hugianouses, e.g. Ep. Æg. §20, Orat. i. 8 fin. de Decr. 3, Hist. Arian. §78 init. &c. It is quoted without the word by Origen contr. Cels. v. 64, but with hugious in Matth. t. xiv. 16. Epiphan, has hugiainouses didaskalias, Hær. 78. 2. hugious did. ibid. 23. p. 1055.
[383] propeteusainto. vid. de Decr. §2.
[384] phthoreas ton psuchon. but S. Alex. in Theod. uses the compound word phthoropoios. p. 731. Other compound or recondite words (to say nothing of the construction of sentences) found in S. Alexander's Letter in Theod., and unlike the style of the Circular under review, are such as he philarchos kai philarguros prothesis; christemporian; phrenoblabous; idiotropon; homostoichois sullabais; theegorous apostolous; & 135;ntidiastolen tes patrikes maieuseos; melancholiken; philotheos sapheneia anosiourgias; phlenaphon muthon. Instances of theological language in S. Alex. to which the Letter in the text contains no resemblance are achorista pragmata duo; ho hui& 232;s ten kata panta homoioteta autou ek phuseos apomaxamenos; di' esoptrou akelidotou kai empsuchou theias eikonos; mesiteuousa phusis monogenes; tas te hupostasei duo phuseis
[385] 2 John 10.
[386] Vid. Presbyters, Apol. Ar. 73.
[387] Vid. Presbyters, Apol. Ar. 73.
[388] Vid. Presbyters, Apol. Ar. 73.
[389] Vid. Presbyters, Apol. Ar. 73.
[390] Vid. Presbyters, Apol. Ar. 73.
[391] Vid. Presbyters, ib.
[392] Vid. Presbyters, ib.
[393] Vid. Presbyters, ib.
[394] Vid. Presbyters, ib.
[395] Vid. Presbyters, ib.
[396] Vid. Presbyters, ib.
[397] Vid. Presbyters, ib.
[398] Apol. Ar. 75.
[399] Apol. Ar. 75.
[400] Apol. Ar. 75.
[401] Apol. Ar. 75.
[402] Heraclius? ib.
[403] Apol. Ar. 75.
[404] Ib.
[405] Ib.
[406] Ib.
[407] Ib.
[408] Ib.
[409] Ib.
[410] Ib.
[411] Ib.
[412] Ib.
Epistola Eusebii.
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