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	Council of Nicea - Encyclopedia of Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He hoped a general council of the church would solve the problem created in the Eastern church by Arianism, a heresy first proposed by Arius of Alexandria that affirmed that Christ is not divine but a created being.
		The object of the council, it must be remembered, was not to pronounce what the church ought to believe, but to ascertain as far as possible what had been taught from the beginning.
		Eustathius of Antioch, one of the staunchest adherents of Athanasius, was the first victim.
	www.religion-encyclopedia.com /N/nicea_first_council_of.htm (2388 words)

	First Council of Nicaea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Council of Nicaea, held in Nicea in Bithynia (in present-day Turkey), convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 325, was the first ecumenical
		The Council of Nicaea was historically significant because it was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.
		The First Council of Nicaea was convened by Constantine I upon the recommendations of a synod led by Hosius of Cordoba in the Eastertide of 325.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea (4093 words)

	Council of Nicaea, Nicea (325)
		The council was also important for its disciplinary decisions concerning the status and jurisdiction of the clergy in the early church and for establishing the date on which Easter is celebrated.
		The Second Council of Nicaea, the seventh ecumenical council of the Christian church, was convoked by the Byzantine empress Irene in 787 to rule on the use of saints' images and icons in religious devotion.
		The main purpose of the council was to attempt to heal the schism in the church provoked by Arianism.
	www.thenazareneway.com /council_of_nicaea_nicea_325.htm (1337 words)

	First Ecumenical Council - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The council was summoned in the year 325 by the Emperor St. Constantine the Great, who desired unity in the Roman Empire and thus called the Church's bishops together to settle the raging of the heresy of Arianism, the doctrine that Jesus Christ was a created being and therefore not truly the one God.
		The First Council of Nicea assembled according to tradition on May 20 of 325.
		All the bishops at the council signed the Creed except for two, Theonas of Marmarica and Secundus of Ptolemais, who were subsequently deposed by the Church and then exiled by the emperor, along with Arius, who also refused to accept the decrees of the council.
	orthodoxwiki.org /First_Ecumenical_Council (979 words)

	Heartland Old Catholic Church - The Seven Ecumencial Councils
		This "Council of Jerusalem" was the first meeting of the Church to consider a question of faith.
		First Council of Constantinople, A.D. This council was called by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. It was in response to the heresy of Macedonianism, which said the Holy Spirit was merely one of God's powers and not a person like God the Father and God the Son.
		Council of Ephesus, A.D. This council was called by Byzantine Emperor (Eastern Empire) Theodosius II, grandson of Theodosius I. It was in response to the heresy of Nestorianism, which said Jesus was merely a man in whom the Word of God dwelled (as in a temple).
	www.heartlandoldcatholic.org /councils.htm (1452 words)

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		Constantine's own character is, of course, an element of the first importance in the history of the council he convoked; and so also is the kind of thing which his "conversion" to Christianity was, some twelve years before the Arian problem arose.
		Whoever it was to whom the idea of a council of the Christian universe first occurred, it was Constantine who decided it should be held, and who chose the place and sent out the invitations to the bishops, offering to all free passage in the imperial transportation service.
		First of all there are the remnants of the schism begun in Rome by the antipope Novatian, some seventy-five years before the council.
	www.ewtn.com /library/CHISTORY/HNICAEA1.TXT (4841 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: First Council of Nicaea
		First Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, held in 325 on the occasion of the heresy of Arius (Arianism).
		In order to expedite the assembling of the Council, the emperor placed at the disposal of the bishops the public conveyances and posts of the empire; moreover, while the Council lasted he provided abundantly for the maintenance of the members.
		The business of the Council having been finished Constantine celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his accession to the empire, and invited the bishops to a splendid repast, at the end of which each of them received rich presents.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11044a.htm (1821 words)

	THE COUNCIL OF NICEA
		The central issue at the Council of Nicea was the identity of Jesus Christ in relation to the Godhead.
		At the Council of Nicea the leading spokesman against Arius was Athanasius, a young archdeacon from Alexandria who later succeeded Alexander as bishop.
		In the end, persuaded by the oratory of Athanasius and heeding the bidding of the emperor, the council agreed to use the word homoousios, affirming that Jesus is of the same substance as the Father.
	www.geocities.com /robert_upci/council_of_nicea_bernard.htm (1781 words)

	Iznik (Nicea), Turkey
		The Council of Nicea was the first ecumenical (worldwide) council of the church and the first of Seven Ecumenical Councils recognized by most Christian denominations as having doctrinal authority.
		The Council was originally planned to be held in another city, but Constantine moved the location to Nicea because of its favorable weather and, most importantly, proximity to his palace in Nicomedia (modern Izmit).
		Another important council was held at Nicea in 787 to deal with the iconoclastic controversy (the dispute over whether the use of icons was appropriate or constituted idolatry).
	www.sacred-destinations.com /turkey/nicea-iznik.htm (1047 words)

	A Brief History of the Holy Orthodox Church
		Council of Ephesus affirms the unity of Christ's person, condemns Nestorius for denying that unity, declares the Creed to be unchangeable (3rd E.C.).
		Council of Chalcedon affirms the Apostolic doctrine of two natures in Christ, condemns Eutychius for denying Christ's dual nature, confirms Biblical canon in a vague reference to the ancient canons, understood as including those of Carthage (4th E.C.).
		Disciplinary session of the 6th Ecumenical Council, called the Trullan Synod or Quinsext Council by Western scholars established the rule of celibate bishops, while confirming the propriety of the advancement to the diaconate and priesthood of married men.
	orthodoxkansas.org /history.html (1044 words)

	The First Seven Christian Church Councils (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This Jerusalem Council is not counted in the ecumenical councils of the Church which began after the Roman persecutions ended, and of which seven are considered binding by both the eastern and western churches.
		The first seven ecumenical Councils (and the Council of Jerusalem) were responsible for fighting off various heresy's which threatened to divide and destroy the Church and their decisions gave us the theological tenents most Christians believe about God and Christ today.
		The First Council of Nicea, held in Bithynia in Asia Minor and overseen by the Roman emperor Constantine, proclaimed the true manhood and true divinity of Jesus Christ and decreed the doctrine of the Trinity.
	goodnewschristianministry.org /churchcouncils.htm (599 words)

	Council of Nicea
		This council, convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in AD 325, was the first ecumenical "worldwide" conference of bishops of the Christian Church.
		The purpose of the council or synod was to resolve disagreements in the Church of Alexandria over the nature of the Trinity: in particular whether Jesus was of the same or of similar substance as God the Father.
		The Council of Nicea condemned the beliefs of Arius and wrote the first version of the now famous creed proclaiming that the Son was "one in being with the Father" by use of the Greek word "homoousius."
	www.carnaval.com /lent (5252 words)

	Iznik (Nicaea) - All About Turkey
		Later Empress Irene convened the 7th Council in Iznik in 787 A.D. At the end of the 19th Council held in the Vatican in 1962, Iznik was declared a "holy city" for Christians.
		Some of the bishops who attended the council were uncomfortable with the council's definition of the Son and thought they might have gone too far.
		Nicea, nevertheless, marked the beginning of the end of the concepts of both preexistence, reincarnation, and salvation through union with God in Christian doctrine.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /iznik.htm (1263 words)

	CONTENDER MINISTRIES MAIL BAG
		The first Council of Nicea (A.D. 325) was convened to counter the Arian heresy that denied the deity of Jesus Christ.
		The Second Council of Nicea (A.D. 787) was convened to address the matter of iconoclasm.
		The councils addressed other minor issues, such as whether or not bishops should be paid, but these matters were the crux of the Nicene councils.
	www.contenderministries.org /mail/20050515nicea.php (771 words)

	The Council of Nicea and the Trinitarian Orgin of the Trinity
		The Council of Nicea and the Trinitarian Orgin of the Trinity
		He decided to call a general council, the first of that long series of church councils that ended with the Council of Trent (1545-1563).
		The first creed presented to the council was written by 18 of the Arian bishops.
	www.thunderministries.com /history/Nicea.html (5118 words)

	The Council of Nicea
		The Council of Nicea, a gathering similar to the one described in Acts 15:4-22, condemned the beliefs of Arius and wrote the first version of the now famous creed proclaiming that the Son was "one in being with the Father" by use of the Greek word "homoousius."
		As evidence of this, the second major concern of the Council of Nicea was to address the hotly debated question of what the proper day was to celebrate the resurrection.
		The bishops of the Council stopped their ears on hearing the words of Arius and immediately rejected his teaching as distant and alien from the belief of the Church.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/augustine/arch/sbrandt/nicea.htm (1373 words)

	Part 1
		First, the genuine Arians were a small and hopeless minority; secondly, the means proposed and adopted to outlaw and exclude Arianism was a startling measure.
		The first two Ecumenical Councils addressed and set forth the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity – that is theology proper, of God as God-is-in-Himself and thus of the relation within the Godhead of the Father and the Son, the Father and the Spirit, the Son and the Spirit.
		The twenty-two Canons of Nicea II were intended to establish the rightful freedom of the Church in spiritual matters, and to bring discipline and good order back into the Church after the disturbances caused by the Iconoclast controversies in the East and the collapse of the Empire in the West.
	home.pcisys.net /~tbc/sdg/SAW/YTF/part_1.htm (7514 words)

	Catholic Theology
		The Council, as is evident, held that there are Divine traditions not contained in Holy Scripture, revelations made to the Apostles either orally by Jesus Christ or by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost and transmitted by the Apostles to the Church.
		In the first sense it is an old tradition that Jesus Christ was born on 25 December, in the second sense tradition relates that on the road to Calvary a pious woman wiped the face of Jesus.
		The grammatico-historical interpretation implies three elements: first, a knowledge of the various significations of the literary expression to be interpreted; secondly, the determination of the precise sense in which the literary expression is employed in any given passage; thirdly, the historical description of the idea thus determined.
	catheolog.livejournal.com (6955 words)

	Council of Nicea
		The Arian Controversy and the Council of Nicea
		The church's councils under the emperor's guidance became assemblies where the new binding relationship with the Christian God, on which the safety of the empire depended, was established.
		Thus it was that the Council of Ephesus in 431 A. proclaimed Mary, the mother of Jesus, "Theotokos," i.
	essenes.net /CouncilOfNicea.html (7532 words)

	The Church Messenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The First Ecumenical Council was held in Nicea in 325 AD and was called by Emperor Constantine.
		When the Council of Nicea ended the Church, with the help of the Holy Spirit, began to steer the faithful members of the Church to universal acceptance of the Council,'s decisions which occurred against what seemed to be terrible odds.
		As a result all those whom the council had proclaimed an anathema against were required by the emperor to sit at the council along with the Orthodox.
	www.belaoc.com /paslanec/engl/m1_5.htm (1599 words)

	Eusebius of Caesarea - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The next that is known of Eusebius is when he participated, as a prominent member, in the Council of Nicea.
		Eustathius was accused, condemned, and deposed at a council in Antioch.
		At the same council, another opponent was successfully attacked: Marcellus of Ancyra had long opposed the Eusebians and had protested against the reinstitution of Arius.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Eusebius_of_Caesarea (2670 words)

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		The first of these ends at the rise of Novatianism in the middle of the second century; the second stretches down to about the eighth century; and the third period shews its gradual decline to its practical abandonment in the eleventh century.
		The first mention of intinction in the West, is at Carthage in the fifth century.(1) We know it was practised in the seventh century and by the twelfth it had become general, to give place to the withdrawal of the chalice altogether in the West.(2) "Regino(De Eccles.
		Natural law, as far as its first principles are concerned, is contained in the decalogue; but usury is prohibited in the decalogue, inasmuch as theft is prohibited; and this is the opinion of the Master of the Sentences, of St. Bonaventura, of St.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/nicea1.txt (16062 words)

	The Nicene Creed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Nicene Creed was formulated at the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea in AD 325 to combat Arianism, and it was expanded at the Second Ecumenical Council at Constantinople in AD 381 to balance its coverage of the Trinity by including the Holy Spirit.
		A full century before the Nicene Council, Tertullian wrote a voluminous explanation and defense of the Trinity and was viewed by his third-century contemporaries as defending the orthodox Christian faith to nonbelievers.
		In 1439, at the Roman Catholic Council of Florence, the Roman Catholic Church invited the Eastern Orthodox Churches and attempted a reunion.
	www.kencollins.com /why-07.htm (1740 words)

	During time of Sylvester I Nicaea-1
		This council opened on 19 June in the presence of the emperor, but it is uncertain who presided over the sessions.
		The bishops assembled at Nicaea, who constitute the great and holy synod, greet the church of the Alexandrians, by the grace of God holy and great, and the beloved brethren in Egypt, Libya and Pentapolis.
		First of all the affair of the impiety and lawlessness of Arius and his followers was discussed in the presence of the most pious emperor Constantine.
	www.ewtn.com /library/COUNCILS/NICAEA1.HTM (2314 words)

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