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THEY having drawn up a declaration to the following effect,
presented it to the emperor.
'Arius and Euzoius, to our Most Religious and Pious Lord, the
Emperor Constantine.
'In accordance with the command of your devout piety, sovereign
lord, we declare our faith, and before God profess in writing, that
we and our adherents believe as follows:
'We believe in one God the Father Almighty: and in the Lord
Jesus Christ his Son, who was begotten of him before all ages, God
the Word through whom all things were made, both those which are in
the heavens and those upon the earth; who descended, and became
incarnate, and suffered, and rose again, ascended into the heavens,
and will again come to judge the living and the dead. [We believe]
also in the Holy Spirit, and in the resurrection of the flesh, and
in the life of the coming age, and in the kingdom of the heavens, and
in one Catholic Church of God, extending from one end of the earth
to the other.
'This faith we have received from the holy gospels, the Lord therein
saying to his disciples: "Go and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit." If we do not so believe and truly receive the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit, as the whole Catholic Church and the
holy Scriptures teach (in which we believe in every respect), God
is our judge both now, and in the coming judgment. Wherefore we
beseech your piety, most devout emperor, that we who are persons
consecrated to the ministry, and holding the faith and sentiments of
the church and of the holy Scriptures, may by your pacific and devoted
piety be reunited to our mother, the Church, all superfluous
questions and disputings being avoided: that so both we and the whole
church being at peace, may in common offer our accustomed prayers for
your tranquil reign, and on behalf of your whole family.'
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