The Council avoided deciding, and even taking into Consideration, the Affair of _Flavianus_ and _Evagrius_, in the Absence of the former, though they had chiefly met for that Purpose. However, to re-establish the Tranquillity of the Church, they agreed to renew their Correspondence with, and grant their Communion to, all the Catholic Bishops of the East. [Sidenote: _The Difference between the Two Competitors to the See of_ Antioch _refered, by the Council, to the Bishops of_ Egypt.] As for the Difference between the Two Competitors for the See of _Antioch_, they committed the discussing and deciding it to _Theophylus_ Bishop of _Alexandria_, and the other Bishops of _Egypt_, as the most proper Judges, since they communicated with neither, and therefore could not be suspected to favour the one more than the other[1304]. The Bishop of _Alexandria_ immediately acquainted _Flavianus_ with the Resolution of the Council, summoning him, at the same time, to appear, in Compliance therewith, before the Bishops of _Egypt_, who were soon to assemble, in order to put the Decree of that venerable Assembly in Execution. [Sidenote: Flavianus _refuses to comply with the Decree of the Council._] But _Flavianus_, instead of obeying the Summons, and paying the Regard that was thought due to the Decree of so numerous a Council, refused to stir from _Antioch_, pleading a Rescript, which he had extorted from _Theodosius_, commanding the Western Bishops to repair into the East, and there examine the Affair in a new Council. This _Theophylus_ did not expect, and therefore being at a Loss how to conduct himself on such an Emergency, he gave _Ambrose_ immediate Notice of the Summons he had sent, and the Answer he had received. _Ambrose_ had nothing so much at Heart as to restore Peace and Tranquillity to the Church of _Antioch_; and from the Regard which the Council had shewn to _Flavianus_, as well as the Impartiality with which they had acted with respect to both, he had promised himself Success in so pious an Undertaking. It was therefore with the utmost Concern that he saw his Endeavours thus unexpectedly defeated, and all Hopes of accomplishing what he had undertaken, vanish at once. He had but too much Reason to resent such an affronting Conduct, which did not so much affect the Council in general, as him in particular, since it was at his Motion, that the Council took the above-mentioned Resolution. That, however, did not tempt him to depart from the Neutrality he had embraced, and declare for _Evagrius_: he still maintained the same Impartiality, and refused to communicate with either. [Sidenote: Ambrose_’s Moderation and Impartiality_.] In his Answer to _Theophylus_, he desires him, without betraying the least Emotion of Anger or Resentment, to summon _Flavianus_ once more, directing him, at the same time, to communicate with all the Catholic Bishops of the East, pursuant to the Decree of the Council, whether he complied with this