14. EUSEBIUS, Bishop, said; ‘He says specifically that the Father alone is everlasting, and that the Son at some time began to be.’ Palladius said; ‘I have neither seen Arius, nor do I know who he is.’ Eusebius, Bishop, said; ‘The blasphemy of Arius has been produced, in which he denies that the Son of God is everlasting. Do you condemn this wickedness and its author, or do you support it?’ Palladius said; ‘When there is not the authority of a full Council, I do not speak.’ Sidenote: Acts i. 18. 15. AMBROSE, Bishop, said; ‘Do you hesitate after the divine judgements to condemn Arius, when he has _burst asunder in the midst_?’ and he added; ‘Let the holy men too, the deputies of the Gauls, speak.’ Constantius, Bishop and deputy of the Gauls, said; ‘This impiety of that man we always have condemned, and we now condemn not only Arius, but also whoever does not say that the Son of God is everlasting.’ Ambrose, Bishop, said; ‘What says also my Lord Justus?’ Justus, Bishop and deputy of the Gauls, said; ‘He who does not confess that the Son of God is co-eternal with the Father, let him be accounted Anathema.’ All the Bishops said; ‘Anathema.’ 16. AMBROSE, Bishop, said; ‘Let the deputies of the Africans speak too, who have brought hither the sentiments of all their countrymen.’ Felix, Bishop and deputy, said; ‘If any man denies that the Son of God is everlasting, and that He is co-eternal with the Father, not only do I the deputy of the whole province of Africa condemn him, but also the whole priestly company, which sent me to this most holy assembly, has itself also already condemned him.’ Anemius, Bishop, said; ‘There is no capital of Illyricum[27] but Sirmium: I am its Bishop. The person who does not confess the Son of God to be eternal and co-eternal with the Father, that is, everlasting, I call anathema; and I also say anathema to those who do not make the same confession.’ 17. AMBROSE, Bishop, said; ‘Hear what follows.’ Then it was read; “Alone eternal, alone without beginning, alone true, Who alone has immortality.” Ambrose, Bishop, said; ‘In this also condemn him who denies that the Son is very God. For since He Himself is the Truth, how is He not very God?’ And he added; ‘What say you to this?’ Palladius said; ‘Who denies that He is very Son?’ Ambrose, Bishop, said; ‘Arius denied it.’ Palladius said; ‘When the Apostle says that Christ is God over all, can any one deny that He is the very Son of God?’ 18. Ambrose, Bishop, said; ‘That you may see with how much simplicity we seek the truth, lo, I say as you say: but I have then only half the truth. For by speaking thus, you appear to deny that He is very God; if however you confess simply that the Son of God is very God, state it in the order in which I propose it to you.’ Palladius said; ‘I speak to you according to the Scriptures: I call the Lord the very Son of God.’ Ambrose, Bishop, said; ‘Do you call the Son of God very Lord?’