[104]. Euseb. de Vit. Const. l. 3. c. 13.
[105]. Ibid. c. 65.
[106]. Soz. l. 1. c. 21.
[107]. Soc. l. 1. c. 9.
[R]. See note [[R]] at the end of the volume.
The Edict of Constantine to the bishops and people.
“Since Arius hath imitated wicked and ungodly men, it is just that he should undergo the same infamy with them. As therefore Porphyrius, an enemy of godliness, for his having composed wicked books against Christianity, hath found a suitable recompense, so as to be infamous for the time to come, and to be loaded with great reproach, and to have all his impious writings quite destroyed; so also it is now my pleasure, that Arius, and those of Arius’s sentiments, shall be called Porphyrians, so that they may have the appellation of those, whose manners they have imitated. Moreover, if any book composed by Arius shall be found, it shall be delivered to the fire; that “not only his evil doctrine may be destroyed, but that there may not be the least remembrance of it left.” This also I enjoin, that if any one shall be found to have concealed “any writing” composed by Arius, and shall not immediately bring it and consume it in the fire, death shall be his punishment; for as soon as ever he is taken in this crime, he shall suffer a capital punishment. God preserve you.”
[S]. See note [[S]] at the end of the volume.
[109]. Epist. xiii.