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LETTERS in the meantime were brought from the emperor directing
those who composed the Synod to hasten to the New Jerusalem: having
therefore immediately left Tyre, they set forward with all despatch to
Jerusalem, where, after celebrating a festival in connection with the
consecration of the place, they readmilled Arius and his adherents
into communion, in obedience, as they said, to the wishes of the
emperor, who had signified in his communication to them, that he was
fully satisfied respecting the faith of Arius and Euzoius. They
moreover wrote to the church at Alexandria, stating that all envy
being now banished, the affairs of the church were established in
peace: and that since Arius had by his recantation acknowledged the
truth, it was but just that, being thenceforth a member of the
church, he should also be henceforth received by them, alluding to the
banishment of Athanasius [in their statement that 'all envy was now
banished']. At the same time they sent information of what had been
done to the emperor, in terms nearly to the same effect. But whilst
the bishops were engaged in these transactions, other letters came
unexpectedly from the emperor, intimating that Athanasius had fled to
him for protection; and that it was necessary for them on his account
to come to Constantinople. This unanticipated communication from the
emperor was as follows.
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