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Key Facts:

Date	341
Location	Antioch
Number of Participants	90
Summoned by	Constantius II
Chaired by	Flaccillus of Antioch
Key Participants	Eusebius of Nicomedia, Acacius of Caesarea
Key Issue	Dedication of the Great Church, responding to Julius of Rome’s request for an eastern delegation to be sent to Rome to deal with the question of Athanasius and Marcellus
Key Events	Production of four creeds: First – rejected Julius’ charge of Arianism; Second – the official creed; Third – Theophinius of Tyana; Fourth – written up a few months later
Primary Source Descriptions	Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica 2.8-2.10.20, 2.18.3-6a; Sozomen, Historia Ecclesiastica 3.5.3