The so-called Tome to the Antiochenes was penned by Athanasius of Alexandria and others in connection with the Council of Alexandria in 362. It was sent to the Christians of Antioch to help reconcile two factions there with longstanding differences and rival bishops. The first group was the “Meletians,” supporters of Meletius, who was consecrated bishop of Antioch in 361 with the support of Eudoxius, bishop of Constantinople. Meletius had had some association with the imperially backed Homoianism of the late 350s, but by 361 was seen as Homoiousian-leaning – the public expression of which views got him exiled soon after his consecration.1 The other group was the “Eustathians,” Nicene supporters of the long-dead Eustathius, who had been deposed as bishop of Antioch in 327. The leader of the Eustathians in the 360s was Paulinus, who was consecrated as bishop of Antioch by Lucifer of Cagliari in 361. Paulinus was supported by the bishop of Rome – and Athanasius himself – as the rightful bishop. Accordingly, the Tome was addressed to the Meletians, whom Athanasius viewed as once tainted by Arianism but, as Homoians leaning toward Homoiousianism, potential allies for the Nicene cause.