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Guard the Faith as a Wall
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Eustathius is addressing Emperor Constantine directly, urging him to protect the orthodox faith of the Trinity from heretics.
By this, emperor, the power of your true faith is walled about; keep it inviolable for us. Let no heretic slip under the Church and take away one of the Trinity, leaving what remains dishonored.
Greek Ταύτῃ τειχίζεται, βασιλεῦ, τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας σου κράτος· ταύτην ἡμῖν ἄσυλον διαφύλαττε. Μηδεὶς αἱρετικὸς, ὑποδὺς τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, ἕν τι τῆς Τριάδος ἀφαιρείτω, καταλιμπάνων τὸ λειπόμενον ἄτιμον.
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About this text An address thanking Constantine and urging the Council of Nicaea against Arius, credited to Eustathius of Antioch but printed among works not by him.
Eustathius of Antioch (fl. c. 320–337) wrote this address to Emperor Constantine.
Eustathius praises God for giving Constantine earthly rule and for abolishing idolatry through him, so that the world is now illumined by the knowledge of God and the consubstantial Trinity is proclaimed.
He asks Constantine either to persuade Arius to abandon his errors or, if he persists, to remove him from the Church so that his sophistry cannot ensnare simpler souls. The fragment contains no direct biblical citations.
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