After the first ecumenical council, during the life of Emperor Constantine, the findings of the first ecumenical council were maintained and the Creed of Nicaea Prevailed. However, almost immediately after Constantine’s death in 337 controversies arose and lasted for more than forty years. The two sides of the controversy were made up of those who supported the findings in Nicaea and those who still supported the Arian views. This controversy ended up lasting until the Second ecumenical council at Constantinople in 382, where the findings of the first council end up prevailing once again. In defense of the finding of Nicaea were the pro-Nicene supporters who believed that the son was of the same essence as God. This idea is known as homoousious
