234; JUNGMANN, Drssert. Select. i. p. 448.) The words “since this ts
customary to the Roman Bishop” (éweath xa rg & 7H ‘Pwpy éricxbry rovro
ctvnbes éorw) are, however, interpreted by Baronius, Bellarmine, Bouix,
Murray, and others to mean that z# was customary to the Bishop of Rome
to permit the See of Alexandria to hold Patriarchal jurisdiction over
Egypt, Lybia, and Pentapolis. (Vide MURRAY, De Ecclesia, Diss. xix, sec.
4, § 439, seg., 1866.)
II.
The Council of Sardica, the GECUMENICAL character of which is
maintained by Baronius, Natalis Alexander, the Ballerini, Mansi, and
Palma, was assembled A.D. 342, at the desire of Pope JULIUS, by the
Emperors CONSTANS and CONSTANTIUS (£fist. Encycl. in Athanas.
Afpol. cont. Arian. c. 44). About one hundred orthodox Bishops were
present, and St. ATHANASIUS says that its decrees were signed or agreed
to by “more than 300 Bishops” (Aol. cont. Arian. c. 1). Like the
Council of Nice, it was presided over by Hosius, assisted by the Roman
priests Archidanus and Philoxenus, whose signatures in the list given
by St. Athanasius (Jd. c. 50) appear immediately after that of Hosius.
St. ATHANASIUS calls the Council of Sardica “a great Synod” (ueyddn
atvodos, Afol. c. 1), and SULPICIUS SEVERUS says that it was ‘Sex Zofo
orbe convocata” (Hist. Lib. ii.) It was called Gicumenical*® by the
Emperor JUSTINIAN in his Edict (A.D. 346) on the Three Chapters
(Hardouin, Tom. iii. p. 317). The COUNCIL OF TRULLO, in its 2d


1 It is not true, as stated by some Anglican and Protestant writers, that the
Council confirmed the usage of the Church of Rome. On the contrary, the usage
of Alexandria was confirmed Jdecause it had the authority of the Roman usage.
See Jungmann, p. 450..
