St Athanasius the Great THE COUNCILS, Complete

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S:26. (344) Fifth creed: the 'Macrostich' (the fourth with additions and explanations).

S:27. Sirmium (against Photinus, 351, fourth of Antioch with 27 anathemas), the 'First' Sirmian.

S:28. 'Second Sirmian' (357, the 'blasphemy').

S:29. Creed propounded by the Acacians at Seleucia (359, the 'Dated' Creed revised in the Homoean sense).

[S:30. Creed of Nike and Constantinople (359, 360, a new recension of the 'Dated' Creed, rejecting 'Hypostasis' as well as 'Essence.')

S:31. A further Anomoean creed published under the patronage of Constantius at Antioch (361)].

S:32. Reflections on the significance of these many changes.

Part III. Appeal to the Semi-Arians.

a. S:S:33-40. Homoeans confuted.

S:33. The terms objected to give offence only because misunderstood.

S:34. The true Divinity of Christ implies 'Coessential.'

S:35. To reject the term implies that Christ is a creature.

S:36. The objection to 'unscriptural' language condemns the Arians.

S:37, 38. If the Son is truly 'Like' the Father, he is 'Coessential.'

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