The following Year 361. the _Anomeans_, not fully satisfied with the Confession of Faith, which, at their Suggestion, the Emperor had taken so much Pains to establish throughout the Empire, assembled, with his Leave, at _Antioch_, and there drew up a new Symbol, or Creed, wherein it was expresly said, that _the Son was in every thing unlike to the Father_, and that _He was made out of nothing_. [Sidenote: Constantius _designs to establish the Doctrine of the_ Pure Arians;] _Constantius_ had formerly expressed the greatest Abhorrence to this Doctrine, and had even banished those who held, and refused to anathematize, such _impious Blasphemies_, as he then styled them[938]. But, having lately changed his Opinion, which was chiefly owing to the great Influence the Eunuch _Eusebius_ had over him, he was now no less sanguine for the _Unlikeness_ of the Son to the Father, than he had been hitherto for the _Likeness_[939]. In order therefore to abolish the antient, and establish this new Creed in its room, he appointed a Council to meet at _Nice_ in _Bithynia_[940], which, without all Doubt, he would have treated in the same manner as he had done that of _Rimini_. [Sidenote: _but is prevented by Death_.] But, as the Bishops were preparing to set out for the appointed Place, they were stopped by the sudden and unexpected News of the Emperor’s Death, which put an End to all his Councils, and was heard with equal Joy by those of the _Orthodox_ and _Semi-Arian_ Party. He was succeeded by _Julian_, surnamed the _Apostate_, who immediately recalled all those who had been banished by _Constantius_ on account of their Religion[941]. [Sidenote: _The exiled Bishops recalled by_ Julian.] Whatever was his Motive, the Church reaped great Advantages from the Return of so many eminent Prelates, who, in the worst of Times, had, with an invincible Firmness and Constancy, stood up in her Defence. Among the rest returned, on this Occasion, the famous _Meletius_ Bishop of _Antioch_, _Eusebius_ of _Vercelli_, _Lucifer_ of _Cagliari_, who had been all Three confined to the most distant Parts of _Thebais_ in _Egypt_, _Cyril_ of _Jerusalem_, _Pelagius_ of _Laodicea_ in _Phœnicia_, and, to the inexpressible Joy of the Orthodox Party, their great Champion _Athanasius_ Bishop of _Alexandria_[942], who immediately resumed, undisturbed, his Episcopal Function; _George_, the Usurper of his See, having been assassinated a little while before by the Pagans of _Alexandria_, on account of his Avarice and Cruelty[943]. In other Places the Orthodox Bishops, finding the _Arians_ in Possession of their Sees, contented themselves with being acknowleged by those of their Communion, without attempting to drive out their Antagonists, which would have created great Confusion, and endless Disturbances in the Church. _Julian_ refused to interpose his Authority in favour of either Party, saying, that as he was not so well acquainted with the Nature of their Disputes as a just and