Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…

§. 9. The Case of Antioch, briefly, was this: Meletius was a good man, but of a healing disposition, made Bishop by the Arians mistaking him, and put out by them when they knew him, yet he held Communion with repenting Arians. Euzoius an Arian was put into his place, and he kept Conventicles. The grand Controversy of all the foregoing Ages, was about Communion with the Lapsed, that yielded to Idolatry, or Heresy: some over zealous were too proud of their own sufferings, and were very rigid against receiving such Penitents, saying they were Time servers, and receiving them would encourage others to save themselves in suffering, and then repent. Others were too wide in receiving them upon unsatisfactory professions of Repentance: The Wisest went a middle way. Many Antiochians separated from Meletius, because the Arians chose him, and he received penitent Arians: And Lucifer Calaritanus, and Eusebius Vercellensis of France going to settle the Peace at Antioch, Eusebius disliked their opposition to Meletius, and left them. Lucifer a good Man, but rigid and hot against the Arians, said that Meletius could be no Bishop, and ordained them Paulinus (and so there were three as is aforementioned.) The Bishop of Rome who would have a singer in all, encouraged Lucifer; Paulinus was a man of extraordinary goodness: but yet the Canon nullified the Ordination of a Bishop into a fore possessed Seat; And when half cleaved to Meletius, and half to Paulinus (both very good Men,) a Synod (as is aforesaid) ended the difference, by tolerating both till the death of one, and then making him sole Bishop: The Presbyters (it's said) were sworn to this. Meletius dyeth first; yet Flavianus a Presbyter that had stuck to them in Valens Persecution, is chosen Bishop by the Meletians, who will not join with Paulinus as a Schismatic. The Pope owneth Paulinus: The Council at Constantinople own Meletius first, and Flavianus after: Gregory Nazianzene and others were against Flavianus, because they said he came in by Perjury, having sworn not to accept it: Some say he did not Swear. Lucifer Calaritanus that Ordained Paulinus, forsook the Party called the Catholic Church, and gathered separated Churches, and became the Head of a Schism, called since Luciferian Heretics, merely because the Churches received the confessing returning Arians to Communion, and he owned Elavianus.

§. 9. The Case of Antioch, briefly, was this: Meletius was a good man, but of a healing disposition, made Bishop by the Arians mistaking him, and put out by them when they knew him, yet he held Communion with repenting Arians. Euzoius an Arian was put into his place, and he kept Conventicles. The grand Controversie of all the foregoing Ages, was about Communion with the Lapsed, that yielded to Idolatry, or Heresie: some over zealous were too proud of their own sufferings, and were very rigid against receiving such Penitents, saying they were Time servers, and receiving them would encourage others to save themselves in suffering, and then repent. Others were too wide in receiving them upon unsatisfactory professions of Repentance: The Wisest went a middle way. Many Antiochians separated from Meletius, because the Arians chose him, and he received penitent Arians: And Lucifer Calaritanus, and Eusebius Vercellensis of France going to settle the Peace at Antioch, Eusebius disliked their opposition to Meletius, and left them. Lucifer a good Man, but rigid and hot against the Arians, said that Meletius could be no Bishop, and ordained them Paulinus (and so there were three as is aforementioned.) The Bishop of Rome who would have a singer in all, encouraged Lucifer; Paulinus was a man of extraordinary goodness: but yet the Canon nullified the Ordination of a Bishop into a fore possessed Seat; And when half cleaved to Meletius, and half to Paulinus (both very good Men,) a Synod (as is aforesaid) ended the difference, by tolerating both till the death of one, and then making him sole Bishop: The Presbyters (it's said) were sworn to this. Meletius dyeth first; yet Flavianus a Presbyter that had stuck to them in Valens Persecution, is chosen Bishop by the Meletians, who will not joyn with Paulinus as a Schismatick. The Pope owneth Paulinus: The Council at Constantinople own Meletius first, and Flavianus after: Gregory Nazianzene and others were against Flavianus, because they said he came in by Perjury, having sworn not to accept it: Some say he did not Swear. Lucifer Calaritanus that Ordained Paulinus, forsook the Party called the Catholick Church, and gathered separated Churches, and became the Head of a Schism, called since Luciferian Hereticks, meerly because the Churches received the confessing returning Arians to Communion, and he owned Elavianus.