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Arius, and Ins Followers. Basil. 589
seinble that'' fault; but adds, that Asterius was recovered
hy his master Lucian.
Acconling- to Philostorj^ius, Asterius was a moderate
Arian; for in one place lie says, that 'Asterius taught the
Son to be in substance like the Father: in another, to'' be
a complete likeness of the Father.
It is needless to give any farther account of the remaining'
fragments or passages of this writer. Jerom's article alone
is sutticient evidence of his respect for the scriptures of the
Old and New Testament.
(>. Says Jerom, ' Basil' of Ancyra, skilful in the art of
' physic, wrote against Marcellus, and a book concerning*
' Virginity, and some other things. In the time of Constan-
' tins he was, together with Eustathius, bishop of Sebasta,
' the chief of the Macedonian faction.'
Basil, called also Basilas, as"" Socrates says, was placed
in the see of Ancyra by the council of Constantinople in
336, which deposed Marcellus.
In the year 351, he had a disputation at Sirmium, with
Photinns, which, as" Socrates says, was taken d(nvn in
writing-.
Epiphanius" reckons him among- the chief of the Semi-
Arians, who held the Son to be of like substance to the
Father.
Sozomen says, he? Mas in esteem for eloquence and
learning: or, asi Tillemont understands the last phrase, for
his capacity to teach. And Theodoret says, that"^ this Basil
and the above-mentioned Eustathius of Sebaste, were in
great favour with the emperor Constantius for the sake of
their piety.
For the rest of this bishop's history I would refer to'
others.
" Phil. 1. ii.c. 14.
' 'O St [Eu^o^toc] Ti)Q ApuavtjQ fiiv So^r}Q r]v, Tr\r}v ik ts A^ipis ypa^juaroii.
tis TO Kar amav ofioiov vTrtvrjvtKro. Phil. 1. iv. c. 4.
cnrapaWaKrov nKova ti]q th HciTpoQ s/jiag uvai rov 'Yiov ev Toig
avTH \oyaiQ Kai ypcijxnadi Sia/iapTvpoiiivov. Id. 1. ii. C. 15.
' Basilius, Ancyraiius episcopus, artis medicinae, sciipsit contra Marcellum,
et de Virginitate librum, et nonnulla aha. Et sub rege Constantio Macedo-
nianae partis cum Eustathio Sebasteno princeps fuit. De V. I. c. 89.
" L. ii. c. 4-2. p. 1.55. C.
" o^vypa(p(i]v Ti Taq (pwvag avrwv ypa(povr(jJv. Socr. 1. ii. C. 30.
" Haer. 73. n. 'i. p. 845. C. Compare Tillem. Les Ariens, Art. 66.
P Kat jSrtffiXfiy Stivti) Xiytiv, Kai tvi Trailtvau viruXriiifitvoj.—Soz. 1. ii.
c. 33. sub in. "i Qui avoit la reputation d' etre un hommo
eloquent, et fort capable d" instruire. Tillem. Les Ariens, Art. 22, near the end.
' ^vvrjOeiQ St i]