First Council of Nicaea

Father. This division was later coined the Arian Controversy after Arius failed to convince the Council of Nicaea (325 CE) of his position. Arius felt that the logos could not be of the same substance as God, but merely of similar substance. One of his most famous statements was “there was a time when he…

The first great heresy for the Christian religion is considered to be the Arian heresy-- with the name deriving from its most influential preacher, a parish priest named Arius from Antioch. The Arian heresy arose, in the year 318, from the fact that it was difficult to explain the difference between “the One and the Many, between the ultimate unity that lay behind the visible universe and the incapable variety that exists in the world as we know it”. Arius resolved this problem by preaching…

any position to save humanity (Wiles, 1996, pp5-8). Although the bishop had Arius excommunicated (Kopecek, 1979, pp5-6) the Church still had not resolved the question of Arianism, until Emperor Constantine gathered bishops from all over the world at Nicaea (with permission from Pope Sylvester), where a Creed would be created to defeat the heretic views of Arianism and restore a common identity in Christianity across the globe. (Gwatkin, 1889, pp17-19). The Nicene Creed was designed to reassert…

Heretics often oppose the language of the Bible and the Creeds. Information in the Apostle’s Creed makes it easier for heresy to creep into everyone’s understanding. For example, there is not a particular need to address the Holy Spirit in the Apostle’s Creed because everyone during the time accepts the Holy Spirit is God (Gutenson, Apostle’s Creed Video,). Athanasius takes opposition to a common heretic, Arius. Arian beliefs are the nature of Jesus is not God and consequently, He cannot offer…

Ecumenical Councils, settling disputes regarding the Holy Trinity, the duality of Christ, the question of grace, and other heresies. The baselines of these principles have resulted in various schisms, some of which are still prevalent today. From the Council of Arles in 314 AD to the Fourth Ecumenical…

The Effects of the Third Ecumenical Council on the Representation of Marian Doctrine in the Fifth-Century Church According to Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (2014), an ecumenical council was “assembly convened to deliberate and decide on ecclesiastical doctrine and on other matters affecting the interests of the Christian church.” In the Early church, ecumenical councils were called to discuss and expound upon the doctrine being formed within the church. They centered around heresy and…

Witnesses contend that the doctrine of the deity of Christ was forced upon the church by the Emperor Constantine at the council of Nicaea amid…

To further clarify questions about Christian belief, the Council of Nicaea created the Nicene Creed. This creed was the most famous result of the council and was a statement and proclamation of faith that was issued by the bishops that made up the council. The Nicene Creed, signed at the council was very clear in its position on the arguments that brought the council together: We believe…in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten from the Father, only-begotten, that is, from the…

quest, there was more disputing than agreement. My journey explores the controversy of the deity of Jesus through our Early Church Fathers, who participated in the Ecumenical Councils of Nicaea, Constantinople, and Chalcedon in the fourth and fifth century, state the outcome of each council, and lastly, tell how the council affects my Christian church fellowship. The Controversy…

year 50, the first council of the church known as the Council of Jerusalem, convened a meeting to reconcile doctrinal differences concerning the Gentile mission. At this meeting, it was agreed that Gentiles could be accepted to Christianity without full adherence to Mosaic laws 2nd Century-Early Heresies In this century, the role of Bishops was to refute heresies. Christians began to deny both Christ’s divinity and humanity. Examples are; Doetism and Arianism. First ecumenical council settled…