Constantine I the Great19 June 325
After being in session for an entire month, the council promulgates the original Nicene Creed adopted by all the bishops except two from Libya who had been closely associated with Arius
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After being in session for an entire month, the council promulgates the original Nicene Creed adopted by all the bishops except two from Libya who had been closely associated with Arius
The Council declares that the Son was true God co-eternal with the Father and begotten from His same substance
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
which would form the basis of what has since been known as the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.
The First Council of Nicea is the first ecumenical council of the Church resulting in the first uniform Christian doctrine, the Nicene Creed, a precedent for local and regional councils of Bishops (Synods) to create statements of belief and canons of doctrinal orthodoxy for the whole of Christendom
The First Council of Constantinople is convened by Theodosius, the second ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom, confirmed the Nicene Creed, expanding the doctrine thereof to produce the NicenoConstantinopolitan Creed
The Council of Ephesus is a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus by Theodosius II, the third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.
confirms the original Nicene Creed, and condemns the teachings of Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople that the Virgin Mary may be called the Christotokos, "Birth Giver of Christ" but not the Theotokos, "Birth Giver of God".
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