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| On Account of the Charges against Athanasius, the Emperor convokes a Synod of Bishops at Tyre.
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Chapter XXVIII.—On
Account of the Charges against Athanasius, the Emperor convokes a Synod
of Bishops at Tyre.
The emperor had ordered a Synod
of bishops to be present at the consecration of the church which he had
erected at Jerusalem. He therefore directed that, as a secondary
matter, they should on their way first assemble at Tyre, to examine
into the charges against Athanasius; in order that all cause of
contention being removed there, they might the more peacefully perform
the inaugural ceremonies244
| 244ἐπιβατηρια :
lit. ‘ceremonies performed at embarkation.’
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in the dedication of the church of God. This was the thirtieth year of
Constantine’s reign, and sixty bishops were thus convened at Tyre
from various places, on the summons of Dionysius the consul. As to
Macarius the presbyter, he was conducted from Alexandria in chains,
under a military escort; while Athanasius was unwilling to go thither,
not so much from dread, because he was innocent of the charges made, as
because he feared lest any innovations should be made on the decisions
of the council at Nicæa; he was, however, constrained to be
present by the menacing letters of the emperor. For it had been written
him that if he did not come voluntarily, he should be brought by
force.
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