It was signed by the few Bishops, who were present, and by a good Number of Presbyters and Deacons. The Bishops were _Marcus_ of _Arethusa_, _George_, who had been intruded into the See of _Alexandria_, _Basilius_ of _Ancyra_, _Germinius_ of _Sirmium_, _Hypatianus_ of _Heraclea_, _Valens_, _Ursacius_, and _Pancratius_ of _Pelusium_[N17.1]. _Valens_, in signing it, added to his Name these Words; _I believe the Son to be like to the Father_. He was unwilling to acknowlege the Son like to the Father _in all things_, agreeably to the Confession, which he was to sign, and therefore suppressed these Words. But the Emperor insisting upon his adding them, he took his Will for the Rule of his Faith, and added them accordingly. _Basilius_ of _Ancyra_, suspecting some Meaning contrary to the Doctrine which he held, to lie concealed and disguised under those Words, declared, that he understood by them a Likeness in _Substance_, in _Existence_, and in _Essence_; and that he signed in this, and no other Sense, the present Symbol. Not satisfied with this Declaration, he writ, some time after, an Exposition of the Faith that was professed by him, and the other _Semi-Arian_ Bishops. This Exposition is, by _Epiphanius_, styled a Letter, and was placed by him after the circular Letter of the Council of _Ancyra_. The present Confession of _Sirmium_ is commonly styled the Third, but was, properly speaking, the Fourth: For before this, Three different Symbols had been composed at _Sirmium_; _viz._ one intirely Orthodox, in 351. another altogether _Arian_, in 357. a Third _Semi-Arian_, in 358. and the present in 359. The Second _Liberius_ signed at _Berœa_, and the Third at _Sirmium_, upon his Arrival in that City. Footnote N17.1: Athan. de syn. p. 873. Epi. 73. c. 22. Socr. l. 2. c. 29. ----- [Sidenote: _Deputies sent by the Council to the Emperor_;]