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| Consecration of the Church of Jerusalem.--Banishment of St. Athanasius.
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Chapter XXIX.—Consecration
of the Church of Jerusalem.—Banishment of St.
Athanasius.
All the
bishops who were present at the council of Tyre, with all others from
every quarter, were commanded by the emperor to proceed to Ælia439
to consecrate the churches which he had
there erected. The emperor despatched also a number of officials of the
most kindly disposition, remarkable for piety and fidelity, whom he
ordered to furnish abundant supplies of provisions, not only to the
bishops and their followers, but to the vast multitudes who flocked
from all parts to Jerusalem. The holy altar was decorated with imperial
hangings and with golden vessels set with gems. When the splendid
festival was concluded, each bishop returned to his own diocese. The
emperor was highly gratified when informed of the splendour and
magnificence of the function, and blessed the Author of all good for
having thus granted his petition.
Athanasius having complained of
his unjust condemnation, the emperor commanded the bishops against whom
this complaint was directed to present themselves at court. Upon their
arrival, they desisted from urging any of their former calumnies,
because they knew how clearly they could be refuted; but they made it
appear that Athanasius had threatened to prevent the exportation of
corn. The emperor believed what they said, and banished him to a city
of Gaul called Treves440
| 440 Augusta Treverorum, Treveri, Trier, or Treves, on the Moselle, was
now the official Capital of Gaul. | . This occurred in
the thirtieth year of the emperor’s reign441
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