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	Council of Nicaea, Nicea (325) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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 creed thus produced was the first that could legally claim universal authority as it was sent throughout the empire to receive the agreement of the churches (with the alternative consequences of excommunication and imperial banishment).
	www.thenazareneway.com /council_of_nicaea_nicea_325.htm (1337 words)

	First Ecumenical Council - OrthodoxWiki
		The First Ecumenical Council was held in Nicea in 325 A.D. and set a pattern for all later Ecumenical Councils.
		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.
		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 (992 words)

	The Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross - Studies in the Faith
		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.
		The Council of Constantinople of 448 strove mainly to ascertain whether Eutyches was in agreement with the epistle of Saint Cyril (referred to above) and with the words of the confession of John of Antioch.
		The Sixth Ecumenical Council was convoked in the year 680 under the Emperor Constantine IV (668-685) in the capital city of Constantinople (it is also known as the Third Council of Constantinople).
	www.goholycross.org /studies/councils.html (7898 words)

	Church history
		The first council of the Church was held by the Apostles in Jerusalem during the first century (refer to Acts 6:1-7).
		These Councils, the last of which is the second Vatican Council (1962-1965), are not accepted by the Orthodox Church as bearing either the validity or the authority that the seven truly Ecumenical Councils possessed; and for that matter; no decisions of these Roman Catholic Councils have any bearing on the Orthodox Church.
		The Fifth Ecumenical Council met in Constantinople in 553 and was convoked by Emperor Justinian I. The Monophysite controversy continued unabated even after the condemnation of Eutyches and the issuing of the Chalcedonian Statement of Faith.
	home.it.net.au /~jgrapsas/pages/Ecumenical_Councils.htm (3112 words)

	325 Council of Nicaea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Nicene Council is considered by all as the first Ecumenical Council of the Church.
		Primarily a council's purpose, at least a dogmatic council, is to proclaim with unmistakable clarity a doctrine already a part of the teaching of the Church.
		The Council's purpose was to bring order to the Church in Alexandia, but in so doing they gave evidence to something which was developing in the Church, namely, listing the metropolitan centers of Christianity and putting them in order of their importance.
	www.hist.edu /325nice.html (1808 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: First Council of Constantinople
		This council was called in May, 381, by Emperor Theodosius, to provide for a Catholic succession in the patriarchal See of Constantinople, to confirm the Nicene Faith, to reconcile the semi-Arians with the Church, and to put an end to the Macedonian heresy.
		cit., XXII, 991), this was formally admitted for the new Latin patriarch, and in 1439, at the Council of Florence, for the Greek patriarch (Hefele-Leclercq, Hist.
		At the close of this council Emperor Theodosius issued an imperial decree (30 July) declaring that the churches should be restored to those bishops who confessed the equal Divinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and who held communion with Nectarius of Constantinople and other important Oriental prelates whom he named.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04308a.htm (852 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.
		Several days later the emperor commanded that a final session should be held, at which he assisted in order to exhort the bishops to work for the maintenance of peace; he commended himself to their prayers, and authorized the fathers to return to their dioceses.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11044a.htm (1846 words)

	381 - The Second Ecumenical Council - 1981 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Council), St. Gregory the Theologian (who was elected Patriarch of Constantople and then presided over it), St; Gregory of Nyssa, St Cyril of Jerusalem, and others.
		The Council was called primarily against the heretic Macedonius, who taught that the Holy Spirit was not God but a created being, as well as against the other heresies of the 4th century.
		The Creed which was proclaimed by the Second Ecumenical Council is the very one which is sung today in all Orthodox churches during the Divine Liturgy and read at other parts of the daily services.
	www.roca.org /OA/15/15h.htm (523 words)

	Creeds and Documents From the Seven Ecumenical Councils
		Fifth Ecumenical Council: (The Capitula Of The Council)
		The main task of this council, under the sway of St. Cyril, was the anathematizing of Nestorius.
		And this our holy and Ecumenical Synod inspired of God has set its seal to the Creed which was put forth by the 318 Fathers, and again religiously confirmed by the 150, which also the other holy synods cordially received and ratified for the taking away of every soul-destroying heresy.
	members.aol.com /theclarion/creeds_confessions/seven_councils.html (1971 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)

	Questions about the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First ecumenical council l
		Through the Holy Spirit, who guided the Holy Fathers in the councils and confirmed their pronouncements in the mind of the Church, the Orthodox Faith, which is nothing less than the only correct and saving faith in the true God, was preserved.
		There have been seven ecumenical councils, which were always convened when there was some heresy that was endangering the purity of the Orthodox faith.
		This was the first written expression of the unwritten Orthodox belief regarding the nature of God, and the internal relationship of the Father to the Son.
	www.orthodox.net /questions/first_ecumenical_council_1.html (2210 words)

	The Church Messenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	THE HOLY BYZANTINE CATHOLIC ORTHODOX CHURCH (SEVEN ECUMENICAL COUNCILS).
		This Council was held in Nicea, Asia Minor in 325 A.D. at the instigation of the Emperor, Constantine the
		Ecumenical Councils to be complete and forbade any change to it.
		The Council ruled that Icons should be exhibited in churches.
	byzantinecatholicchurch.org /Ecucouncils.html (741 words)

	1st Ecumenical Council
		NOTE: It is important to know that a few years before the First Ecumenical Council met, in 319, the Arians proclaimed that “There was a time when the son was not”.
		Constantine called together a council of all the bishops in the land to settle the dispute as to whether or not Jesus was always God.
		The fathers of the council are always commemorated on the Sunday after the Ascension.
	www.antiochian.org /first_ecumenical_council (624 words)

	Council of Nicaea, Nicea
		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.
		This is not the place to enquire whether the first celebration had, in the mind of its founder, the character of a sacrificial meal; but, certainly, the idea, as it was already developed at the time of Justin, had been created by the churches.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txc/nicaea.htm (18159 words)

	Pope Silvester & the Council of Nicaea
		The idea that the council was called by, presided over by (through representatives), or was merely conditional until ratified by, the bishop of Rome as the head of the church, is a-historical, untenable, and to my knowledge, not promoted by any serious historian in our age.
		Constantine's personal role in the calling of the Council of Nicaea does not, from the available evidence, seem to be any greater than the personal role of Emperor Charles V in convening the earlier sessions of the Council of Trent.
		All the successful ecumenical councils of the first six centuries of the Church required the cooperation of both Pope and Emperor, and we know that all the others had that.
	ic.net /~erasmus/RAZ256.HTM (1291 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center First Ecumenical Council also named Council of Nicaea I in 325
		In 325, the First Ecumenical Council was held in Nicaea.
		The First Ecumenical Council also named Council of Nicaea I in 325 produced the first portion of the Nicean Creed.
		The First Ecumenical Council concentrated on clarifying the understanding of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ is both fully Holy God and fully Man.
	www.mliles.com /melkite/councilsecumenical1.shtml (1058 words)

	The First Ecumenical Council
		The attempt to eradicate heresy and doctrinal differences from the various centers of Christianity was accomplished in the first three councils, of Nicea (325), Constantinople(381) and Ephesus (431).
		The council was under the presidency of Abba Cyril (the Pillar of Faith).
		The Council declared the text of the "Creed" decreed at the First and Second Ecumenical Councils to be complete and forbade any change (addition or deletion).
	www.stmarycoptorthodox.org /ecumenical_councils.htm (1224 words)

	Canons of the first ecumenical council
		Zonaras: The present Canon might seem to be opposed to the first canon of the Holy Apostles, for the latter enjoins that a bishop ordained by two or three bishops, but this by three, the absent also agreeing and testifying their assent by writing.
		Or, if this should not be satisfactory, then shall the bishop provide for him a place as Chorepiscopus, or presbyter, in order that he may be evidently seen to be of the clergy, and that there may not be two bishops in the city.
		For in this case he that was properly bishop from the first shall have the preference, and he alone shall retain the Episcopal throne.
	www.orthodoxa.org /GB/orthodoxy/canonlaw/canons1erconcileGB.htm (2796 words)

	The Ecumenical Councils of the Roman Catholic Church
		This council condemned the heresy of Macedonius by clearly defining the divinity of the Holy Ghost: He is not created like the angels no matter how high an order is attributed to such a "creature." The council also reaffirmed the faith of Nicaea.
		The council also declared that anyone who obstinately holds "that the rational or intellectual soul is not the form of the human body in itself and essentially, must be regarded as a heretic." (Denz.
		Pope Eugene IV confirmed this decree for Basel, and the first session was held on 14 December, 1431.
	www.ourladyswarriors.org /articles/ecumcncl.htm (2815 words)

	The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council - Dedicated to "The Immaculate".
		Long before the Council began, the bishops of the Catholic world were asked to submit their proposals for subjects to be raised in the Council sessions.
		The Council drew attention to the age-old tradition of sacred music and singing, closely linked to the liturgy; and the Constitution declares that worship becomes more noble when it is carried out with solemn singing, especially when the celebrant, ministers and people take an active part.
		The Council Fathers decided to submit this question to the Pope for a ruling, and expressed the hope that this ruling would be given in advance of the promulgation of the reform in Canon Law.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/CDHN/v1.html (6887 words)

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		And what this was is evident from the definition of the Council of Florence, which, while indeed it was not received by the Eastern Church, and therefore cannot be accepted as an authoritative exposition of its views, yet certainly must be regarded as a true and full expression of the teaching of the West.
		The Council of Cholcedon in its address to the Emperor says: "The bishops who at Constantinople detected the taint of Apollinarianism, communicated to the Westerns their decision in the matter." From this we may reasonably conclude, with Tillemont,(3) that the lost Tome treated also of the Apollinarian heresy.
		The third Synod gave this honour to the Archbishop of Cyprus, and by the law of the same synod (Canon viii.), and by the Sixth Synod in its xxxixth Canon, the judgment of the Synod of Antioch is annulled and this honour granted to the bishop of Iberia.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/const1.txt (10939 words)

	Questions Anyone?
		This was the first written _expression of the unwritten Orthodox belief regarding the nature of God, and the internal relationship of the Father to the Son.
		The gospel read on for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First ecumenical council is from St. John (Jn 17:1-13), and consists of the words the Lord told His disciples just before His arrest on Holy Thursday.
		This prayer is for all of us who are baptised in the apostolic Church and who have from the apostles and their successors, come to know the saving name of Christ the Saviour." Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, Homilies, V. 1, on the 6th Sunday after Pascha.
	www.apostle1.com /questions1.html (1730 words)

	The Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council: Battling Ari-fairy theology
		Having relived the saving experiences of the Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, the Church now bids us to celebrate the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council and recall their contribution to our understanding of the actual identity of the Son of God.
		Early interpretations of this statement of basic Christian faith divided the early Church and occasioned the call for an Ecumenical Council, a council of Christian bishops and laity from the entire Church, to consider and define it more precisely.
		Not satisfied with the Council's "mere" condemnation of Arius, the bold Hierarch approached the heretic and punched him in the mouth, in full view of everyone.
	www.unicorne.org /orthodoxy/avrilmai/ecumenical.htm (1123 words)

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