cheans disguised under the denominations of Encratites, Apotactics, Sacchophori, Hydropar

ued.

Great.

astates,&

tius 306

367

Eustathius,

Constan

bishop of

Solitaries. Arius and

Antioch.

Great 537 between Commodi

His adver- Liberius & anus.

saries,

Maximin

Felix. Damasus

Alexander,

bishop of Alexan

Maxentius

dria.

his followers, who were divided into Eu

nomiaus, Semiari

Eusebians,

The tenth per- Ælius Dosecution contin

The Athanasians or Orthodox persecuted by Constantius, who was an Arian, and by Valens, who ordered 80 of their deputies, all ecclesiasties, to be put on board a ship, to which fire was set as soon as it

was got clear of the coast.

The Christians persecuted by Sapor.

The supposed

conversion of

Constantine the

Great, by a vision

Homoious-representing a ians, or fiery cross in the Aacacians, air.

natus.

The division of the Roman Empire into the Eastern and Western Empires.

The Visigoths settle in Gaul and

Spain about the

latter end

of this cen

tury. Athanaric

382

Alaric.

first in-
stitutor
of the

monastic life. Marcellus, bishop of

op of Rome. Jul. Firm. Maternus.

Pacho

mius.

ians.

Eustathi

ans.

Colluthus. Helvidius. Bonosus.

Vigilan

tius. Three

schisms of

the Mele

tians. Luciferi

ans, and Donatists.

nople, in which

the errors of Macedonius are condemned. Remarkable progress of the Christian religion among the Indians, Goths, Marcomanni, and Iberians.

The famous donation of Constantine in favour of

Jambli

chus.

Elius Lam

pridius. Eusebius of Cesarea. Jul. Firmi

cus Maternus. Chalcidius. Pomponi

us.

bius.

Eugenius by Theodosius. Julian's attempt to invalidate the predictions of the prophets, by encouraging the Jews to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem, defeated by an earthquake and fiery eruption. See the learned bishop of Gloucester's interesting and ingenious work entitled, Julian, or, A Discourse, &c.

Theodosius the great, is obliged

CENT. V.