Nicea in History

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. Presides over the 1st General Council of the Church of Nicea. Christ & God are declared of the same substance, "consubstantial"

The First Council of Nicea was convened by Emperor Constantine the Great upon the recommendations of a synod led by Hosius of Cordoba in the Eastertide of 325, charged with investigation of the trouble brought about by the Arian controversy in the Greek-speaking east because

The first general council in the history of the Church since the Apostolic Council of Jerusalem, the Apostolic council having established the conditions upon which Gentiles could join the Church, the Council of Nicaea, "The Church had taken her first great step to define revealed

doctrine more precisely in response to a challenge from a heretical theology".

to many Bishops the teachings of Arius were heretical.

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 council is formally in the central structure of the imperial palace at Nicaea, with preliminary discussions of the Arian question

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

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.

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

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

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

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 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 Crusaders capture the Seljuk capital

The Muslims are defeated by Alexius Comnenus. The Crusaders and Byzantine Greeks capture the Seljuk Turk's capital

The Muslims are defeated by Alexius Comnenus. The Crusaders and Byzantine Greeks capture the Seljuk Turk's capital

Nicea surrenders to Alexius III Angelus