The Resolution they took not to communicate with _Flavianus_, whose Election, though imprudently made, was undoubtedly Canonical, and had been approved and confirmed by the Oecumenical Council of _Constantinople_, not only increased the Jealousies and Misunderstanding between the East and the West, but occasioned a great Disagreement, and endless Quarrels, among the Eastern Bishops themselves. For those who acknowleged _Paulinus_, _viz._ the Bishops of _Egypt_, of the Island of _Cyprus_, of _Arabia_, insisted upon the Deposition of _Flavianus_[1184]. _Nestorius_ mentions some Letters, written by the Bishops of _Egypt_ against _Flavianus_, with great Virulency, and a _tyrannical Spirit_, to use his Expression[1185]. On the other hand, the Bishops of _Syria_, of _Palæstine_, of _Phœnicia_, _Armenia_, _Cappadocia_, _Galatia_, _Pontus_, _Asia_, and _Thrace_, not only maintained, with equal Warmth, the Election of _Flavianus_, but began to treat their Brethren in the East, who had joined the Western Bishops against them, as Schismatics, as Betrayers of their Trust, as Transgressors of the Canons of _Nice_, commanding the Elections and Ordinations of each Province to be made and performed by the Bishops of the same Province, and all Disputes concerning them to be finally decided in the Place where they had begun[1186]. This Schism occasioned great Confusion in the Church, which continued till the Year 398, when _Chrysostom_, after having, with indefatigable Pains, long laboured in vain to bring about an Accommodation between the East and the West, had at last, soon after his Promotion to the See of _Constantinople_, the Satisfaction of seeing his pious Endeavours crowned with Success, as I shall relate in a more proper Place. [Sidenote: _No Regard paid by the Eastern Bishops to the Judgment of the Pope._]