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WHILE these events were taking place there could be no peace either
in the church or in the state. Now those who had been empowered by the
emperor to hold a council assembled at Lampsacus in the consulate just
mentioned: this was seven years after the council of Seleucia.
There, after confirming the Antiochian Creed, to which they had
subscribed at Seleucia, they anathematized that which had been set
forth at Ariminum by their former associates in opinion. They
moreover again condemned the party of Acacius and Eudoxius, and
declared their deposition to have been just. The civil war which was
then impending prevented Eudoxius bishop of Constantinople from either
gainsaying or revenging these determinations. Wherefore Eleusius
bishop of Cyzicus and his adherents became for a little while the
stronger party; inasmuch as they supported the views of Macedonius,
which although before but obscurely known, acquired great publicity
through the Synod at Lampsacus. This Synod, I think, was the
cause of the increase of the Macedonians in the Hellespont; for
Lampsacus is situated in one of the narrow bays of the Hellespont.
Such was the issue of this council.
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