The Synod at Lampsacus

While these things were happening, there could be no peace either in the church or in the state. Those whom the emperor had allowed to hold a council assembled at Lampsacus in the consulship just mentioned, seven years after the Council of Seleucia. There they confirmed the Antiochian Creed, which they had signed at Seleucia, and anathematized the creed that had been set out at Ariminum by those who had once shared their opinions. They also condemned the party of Acacius and Eudoxius once again and declared that their deposition had been just. The civil war that was then threatening kept Eudoxius, bishop of Constantinople, from either contradicting these decisions or taking revenge for them. So for a little while Eleusius, bishop of Cyzicus, and his followers became the stronger party, since they supported the views of Macedonius. These views had been only dimly known before, but through the synod at Lampsacus they became widely known. This synod, I think, was the cause of the growth of the Macedonians around the Hellespont, for Lampsacus lies on one of the narrow bays of the Hellespont. Such was the outcome of this council. [a]