Section 517
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COUNCIL OF NICE. 35 I am, and the time is at hand ; and shall lead many into error. Go not after them." And St. Paul, who had learnt these things from our Saviour, writes, that " in the last days, some shall de part from sound doctrine, giving heed to spirits of error, and to doctrines of demons, turning from the truth." Since, therefore, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ hath himself declared, and hath signified by the apostle, concerning such persons, we having heard their impiety with our own ears, have justly anathema tized such men, as we have already said, and declared them to be aliens from the Catholic Church and faith. We have made this known to your piety, beloved and most respected fellowlaborers, that you may neither receive any of them, should they have the presumption to visit you, nor give any credit to what Eusebius or any other person may write respecting them. For we, who claim to be Christians, should turn away from all those who speak and think against Christ, as enemies of God, and corrupters of souls ; and not even salute such men, lest by any means we should become partakers of their sins, as is com manded by the blessed John. Salute the brethren who are with you. Those who are with us salute you B. Extract of a letter from Constantine to Alexander and Arms. The whole of this letter is given in Eusebius's life of Constintine, but that portion of it only which is found in Socrates is inserted here, the preceding part being considered less important in relation to the subject in debate. The Conqueror Constantine, the greatest, august, to Alexander and Arius. * I understand this to have been the origin of the present controversy, that you, Alexander, required of your presbyters what they respectively thought of a certain passage of the law, or