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72 emperor, also, Arius, himself, was sent into exile, together with Eusebius [of Nicomedia] and Theognis; but the two latter, a short time after their banishment, tendered a written declaration of their change of sentiment, and concurrence in the faith of the substantiality of the Son with the Father. The Synod, also, with one accord, wrote an epistle to the Church of the Alexandrians, and to the believers in Egypt, Libya, and Pentapolis."

In this letter are the following sentences: "It was unanimously decided by the bishops, assembled at Nice, that this impious opinion of Arius should be anathematized, with all the blasphemous