_orders the Bishops at_ Rimini _to suppress the Words_ Substance _and_ Consubstantial.] He likewise writ to the Bishops, commanding them, on Pain of incurring his Indignation, to suppress for ever the Words _Substance_ and _Consubstantial_, severely reprimanding them for presuming to depose _Ursacius_ and his Collegues, and assuring them, that they should not be allowed to return to their Sees, till they had intitled themselves to his Favour by an intire and unreserved Compliance with his Will[907]. To this Letter the _Arians_, who had assisted at the Council, to the Number of Eighty, returned a most submissive Answer, and even thanked the Emperor for the great Pains he took to establish the true Doctrine[908]. However, _Taurus_ declared that he could by no means suffer them to depart till the rest had agreed with them, and the whole Assembly was of one Mind. The orthodox Bishops shewed at first some Resolution, and even refused to communicate with their own Deputies. But this Resolution soon vanished; they were eager to return to their Sees; the Emperor was inflexible; _Taurus_ took care to render the Place both inconvenient and disagreeable to them. [Sidenote: _The greater Part yield._] Some therefore fell off, others followed their Example, the rest began to waver, and, being so far got the better of, yielded soon after, and went over to the _Arian_ Party in such Crouds, that in a very short time the Number of the orthodox Bishops, who continued steady, was reduced to 20[909]. At the Head of these was _Phœbadius_, the celebrated Bishop of _Agen_, who seemed invincible; but nevertheless was overcome in the End, not by the Menaces of the Emperor, or his Prefect, but by the Craft and Subtilty of _Ursacius_ and _Valens_, who, finding they could by no other Means prevail upon him to accept the _Sirmian_ Confession, declared, that to put an End to the unhappy Divisions that had so long rent the Church, they had at last resolved to agree to such Alterations and Additions as should be judged proper and necessary by him and his Collegues. This Declaration was received by all with great Joy: _Phœbadius_ triumphed, thinking he had carried his Point, and saved the Reputation of the Council. [Sidenote: _The others imposed upon by the_ Arians.] To the Symbol were immediately added several Anathemas against the _Arian_ Heresy, and an Article declaring _the Son equal to the Father, without Beginning, and before all Time_. When this Article was read, _Valens_ desired, that, in order to leave no room for new Disputes or Chicanery, they would add, that _the Son was not a Creature like other Creatures_[910]. This was evidently supposing the Son to be a Creature only exalted above all other Creatures; so that by admitting such an Article they condemned the Doctrine which they designed to establish, and established that which they designed to condemn. And yet of this neither was _Phœbadius_ aware, nor any of his Party, as they afterwards solemnly declared[911].