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Creed of Nicea

Roman Empire · Religion / Roman Catholic Church. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Constantine I the Great19 June 325

Nicea · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

This record states: Arguing that such a doctrine best codified the Scriptural presentation of the Son as well as traditional Christian belief about him handed down from the Apostles expressed by the bishops in the Creed of Nicaea.

Constantine I the Great19 June 325

Nicea · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

This record states: Nicene Christianity does not become the state religion of the Roman Empire until the Edict of Thessalonika in 380.

Constantine I the Great19 June 325

Nicea · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

This record states: The Council declares that the Son was true God, co-eternal with the Father and begotten from His same substance.

Constantine I the Great19 June 325

Nicea · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

This record states: Which would form the basis of what has since been known as the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.

Names involved

Constantine I the Great

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