Alexander of Alexandria and Athanasius took the first position the popular presbyter Arius, from whom the term Arianism comes, took the second. One purpose of the Council was to resolve disagreements arising from within the Church of Alexandria over the nature of the Son in his relationship to the Father: in particular, whether the Son had been ‘begotten’ by the Father from his own being, and therefore having no beginning, or else created out of nothing, and therefore having a beginning.
With the creation of the creed, a precedent was established for subsequent local and regional councils of bishops (synods) to create statements of belief and canons of doctrinal orthodoxy-the intent being to define unity of beliefs for the whole of Christendom. Most significantly, it resulted in the first uniform Christian doctrine, called the Nicene Creed. The First Council of Nicaea was the first ecumenical council of the church. This week’s FREE ebook download is: History of the First This week marks the anniversary of the beginning of the First Council of Nicaea in 325CE…Įvery week, we provide a FREE ebook every week to our readers, and especially those on our daily email list.įREE EBOOK is to be on our Daily Email List
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