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THE Arians, having effected the death of Paulus, or rather having
despatched him to the kingdom of heaven, promoted Macedonius in his
place, who, they imagined, held the same sentiments, and belonged to
the same faction as themselves, because he, like them, blasphemed the
Holy Ghost. But, shortly after, they deposed him also, because he
refused to call Him a creature Whom the Holy Scriptures affirm to be
the Son of God. After his separation from them, he became the
leader of a sect of his own. He taught that the Son of God is not of
the same substance as the Father, but that He is like Him in every
particular. He also openly affirmed that the Holy Ghost is a
creature. These circumstances occurred not long afterwards as we have
narrated them.
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