Editing Eusebius (section)

==Bishop of Caesarea==
[[File:Eusebius of Caesarea Armenian Gospel Icon.png|thumb|Icon of Eusebius of Caesarea as a Saint in Medieval Armenian Manuscript from Isfahan, Persia]]
Eusebius succeeded [[Agapius of Caesarea|Agapius]] as Bishop of Caesarea soon after 313 and was called on by [[Arius]] who had been excommunicated by his bishop [[Pope Alexander I of Alexandria|Alexander of Alexandria]]. An episcopal council in Caesarea pronounced Arius blameless.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vermes|first=Geza|title=Christian Beginnings from Nazareth to Nicea|date=2012|publisher=Allen Lane the Penguin Press|page=228}}</ref> Eusebius enjoyed the favor of the [[Emperor Constantine]]. Because of this he was called upon to present the [[creed]] of his own church to the 318 attendees of the [[First Council of Nicaea|Council of Nicaea]] in 325.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walker|first=Williston|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNH-yAEACAAJ|title=A History of the Christian Church|date=1959|publisher=Scribner|pages=108|language=en}}</ref> However, the anti-Arian creed from Palestine prevailed, becoming the basis for the [[Nicene Creed]].<ref>Bruce L. Shelley, ''Church History in Plain Language,'' (2nd ed. Dallas, Texas: Word Publishing, 1995.), p.102.</ref>

The theological views of Arius, that taught the subordination of the [[God the Son|Son]] to the [[God the Father|Father]], continued to be controversial. [[Eustathius of Antioch]] strongly opposed the growing influence of [[Origen]]'s theology as the root of [[Arianism]]. Eusebius, an admirer of Origen, was reproached by [[Eustathius of Antioch|Eustathius]] for deviating from the Nicene faith. Eusebius prevailed and Eustathius was deposed at a [[synod]] in [[Antioch]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

However, [[Athanasius of Alexandria]] became a more powerful opponent and in 334 he was summoned before a synod in Caesarea (which he refused to attend). In the following year, he was again summoned before a [[First Synod of Tyre|synod in Tyre]] at which Eusebius of Caesarea presided. Athanasius, foreseeing the result, went to [[Constantinople]] to bring his cause before the Emperor. Constantine called the bishops to his court, among them Eusebius. Athanasius was condemned and exiled at the end of 335. Eusebius remained in the Emperor's favour throughout this time and more than once was exonerated with the explicit approval of the Emperor Constantine.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} After the Emperor's death ({{circa|337}}), Eusebius wrote the ''[[Life of Constantine]]'', an important historical work because of eyewitness accounts and the use of primary sources.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KchhO8KEy3cC&q=%22Life+of+Constantine%22|title=Eusebius' Life of Constantine|publisher=Clarendon Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0-19-158847-1|editor-last=Cameron|editor-first=Averil|editor-link=Averil Cameron|series=Clarendon Ancient History|location=Oxford|language=en|editor-last2=Hall|editor-first2=Stuart G.}}</ref>