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| Ordination of Flavian as Bishop of Antioch, and Subsequent Occurrences on Account of the Oath.
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Chapter XI.—Ordination
of Flavian as Bishop of Antioch, and Subsequent Occurrences on Account
of the Oath.
After the pompous interment of
the remains of Meletius, Flavian was ordained in his stead, and that,
too, in direct violation of the oath he had taken;1536
| 1536Soc. v. 9; cf. Theodoret, H. E. v. 23.
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for Paulinus was still alive. This gave rise to fresh troubles in the
church of Antioch. Many persons refused to maintain communion with
Flavian, and held their church apart with Paulinus. Even the priests
differed among themselves on this subject. The Egyptians, Arabians, and
Cypriots were indignant at the injustice that had been manifested
towards Paulinus. On the other hand, the Syrians, the Palestinians, the
Phœnicians, and the greater part of Armenia, Cappadocia, Galatia,
and Pontus, sided with Flavian. The bishop of Rome, and all the Western
priests, regarded the conduct of Flavian with the utmost displeasure.
They addressed the customary epistles, called synodical, to Paulinus as
bishop of Antioch, and took no notice of Flavian. They also withdrew
from communion with Diodorus, bishop of Tarsus, and Acacius, bishop of
Berea, because they had ordained Flavian.1537
| 1537Ambrose, and other bishops of Italy, convened in an
undesignated Synod, condemned Nectarius, both for his part in this
procedure and also as improperly ordained. Hard. i. c. 844.
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To take further cognizance of the affair, the Western bishops and the
Emperor Gratian wrote to the bishops of the East, and summoned them to
attend a council in the West.
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