PartII。
Thedangerandscandalofthisexcommunicationsubsistedabovethreeyears，tillthepopularclamorwasassuagedbytimeandrepentance；tillthebrethrenofArseniuscondemnedhisinflexiblespirit，sorepugnanttotheunboundedforgivenessofthegospel。Theemperorhadartfullyinsinuated，that，ifhewerestillrejectedathome，hemightseek，intheRomanpontiff，amoreindulgentjudge；butitwasfarmoreeasyandeffectualtofindortoplacethatjudgeattheheadoftheByzantinechurch。
Arseniuswasinvolvedinavaguerumorofconspiracyanddisaffection；someirregularstepsinhisordinationandgovernmentwereliabletocensure；asynoddeposedhimfromtheepiscopaloffice；andhewastransportedunderaguardofsoldierstoasmallislandofthePropontis。Beforehisexile，hesullenlyrequestedthatastrictaccountmightbetakenofthetreasuresofthechurch；boasted，thathissoleriches，threepiecesofgold，hadbeenearnedbytranscribingthepsalms；
continuedtoassertthefreedomofhismind；anddenied，withhislastbreath，thepardonwhichwasimploredbytheroyalsinner。
^25Aftersomedelay，Gregory，bishopofAdrianople，wastranslatedtotheByzantinethrone；buthisauthoritywasfoundinsufficienttosupporttheabsolutionoftheemperor；andJoseph，areverendmonk，wassubstitutedtothatimportantfunction。Thisedifyingscenewasrepresentedinthepresenceofthesenateandthepeople；attheendofsixyearsthehumblepenitentwasrestoredtothecommunionofthefaithful；andhumanitywillrejoice，thatamildertreatmentofthecaptiveLascariswasstipulatedasaproofofhisremorse。ButthespiritofArseniusstillsurvivedinapowerfulfactionofthemonksandclergy，whoperseveredaboutforty—eightyearsinanobstinateschism。TheirscruplesweretreatedwithtendernessandrespectbyMichaelandhisson；andthereconciliationoftheArseniteswastheseriouslaborofthechurchandstate。Intheconfidenceoffanaticism，theyhadproposedtotrytheircausebyamiracle；