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The Council of Nicea
Constantine was the emperor in Rome at the time when he called the Council of Nicea in 325 CE. Constantine was originally a worshipper of the sun god. Later in his life he converted to Christianity. His reign marked the beginning of the joining of church and state. The pagans no longer persecuted Christians. Instead, Christians persecuted others, including other Christians. Christians killed more Christians in the first century after the Council of Nicea than pagans had killed in the century before Nicea.
One year after calling the Council of Nicea Constantine had his own son, Crispus, put to death. Later he suffocated his wife, Fausta, in an overheated bath. Then he had his sister's son killed and his sister’s husband strangled. It was also during the reign of Constantine that the cross became a sacred syrabol in Christianity, just as it had been in pagan religions. Throughout his reign Constantine treated the bishops poorly, but he did agree to enforce whatever opinion the majority of the bishops came up with. The decisions of the 318 church bishops were endorsed by civil law and backed by military power.
The churches that had lots of money were the primary churches represented in this Council. The poor and hurable churches could not afford to send representatives over a thousand miles away.
The Council of Nicea was the first genuine Roman Catholic council. The Council of Nicea is similar to the biblical account of a church council found in Acts 15:4-22. The Creed was a very large part of the Council of Nicea. CreeRAB are far more important than simply stating what you believe. The reason behind creeRAB in the Christian church has resulted in the deaths of millions of martyrs.
One of the last martyrs to die for the Faith before the end of the official persecutions was Saint Lucy. On the night of her death in 304 she prophesied that she saw the dawning of religious freedom for the Church and the end of the last and most dreadful of all the persecutions, that of Emperor Diocletian. Nine years later in the year 313 CE that prophecy was fulfilled when Constantine became the great emperor of the West. Constantine got with Licinius who was the Emperor of the East. They signed one of the most famous of all historical documents. It was called the Edict of Milan, which acknowledged the right of Catholics to worship, and dissolved the ancient law whereby the profession of Christianity was considered a capital offense.
The traditional form of the Nicean Creed reaRAB as follows:
I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God,
begotten of his Father before all worlRAB,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father;
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven,
and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost
of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried;
and the third day he rose again
according to the Scriptures,
and ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;
and he shall come again, with glory,
to judge both the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost the Lord, and Giver of Life,
who proceedeth from the Father [and the Son];
who with the Father and the Son together
is worshipped and glorified;
who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church;
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins;
and I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. AMEN.
These are some on the canon laws passed at the council of Nicea:
Canon 1. If a man has been mutilated by physicians during sickness, or by barbarians, he may remain among the clergy; but if a man in good health has mutilated himself, he must resign his post after the matter has been proved among the clergy, and in the future no one who has thus acted should be ordained.
Canon 2. Forasmuch as, either from necessity, or through the urgency of individuals, many things have been done contrary to the Ecclesiastical canon so that men just converted from heathenism to the faith, and who have been instructed but a little while, are straightway brought to the spiritual laver, and as soon as they have been baptised, are advanced to the episcopate or the presbyterate, it has seemed right to us that for the time to come no such things shall be done. For to the catechumen himself there is a need of time and of a longer trial after baptism. For the apostolical saying is clear, "Not a novice; lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into condemnation and the snare of the devil." But if, as time goes on, any sensual sin should be found out about the person, and he should be convicted by two or three witnesses, let him cease from the clerical office. And who so shall transgress these [enactments] will imperil his own clerical position, as a person who presumes to disobey the great Synod.
Canon 20. As some kneel on the Lord's day and on the days of Pentecost, the holy Synod has decided that, for the observance of a general rule, all shall offer their prayers to God standing. Evidently it was customary to stand for prayers at least between Easter and Pentecost as a syrabol of the Resurrection. Tertullian had said that it was wrong to pray kneeling on Sundays.
In conclusion, many of the canons passed by the council are no longer followed, but they still remain a standard. Even the Nicean Creed, which was invented at the Council of Nicea, was modified at the Church Council of Constantinople in 381 CE. But the Council of Nicea was a great achievement despite these downfalls. For example never before or since has the Church been so completely represented at one spot. I believe the most important aspect of the Council of Nicea is the fact that it tied the church and state together.
Constantine was the emperor in Rome at the time when he called the Council of Nicea in 325 CE. Constantine was originally a worshipper of the sun god. Later in his life he converted to Christianity. His reign marked the beginning of the joining of church and state. The pagans no longer persecuted Christians. Instead, Christians persecuted others, including other Christians. Christians killed more Christians in the first century after the Council of Nicea than pagans had killed in the century before Nicea.
One year after calling the Council of Nicea Constantine had his own son, Crispus, put to death. Later he suffocated his wife, Fausta, in an overheated bath. Then he had his sister's son killed and his sister’s husband strangled. It was also during the reign of Constantine that the cross became a sacred syrabol in Christianity, just as it had been in pagan religions. Throughout his reign Constantine treated the bishops poorly, but he did agree to enforce whatever opinion the majority of the bishops came up with. The decisions of the 318 church bishops were endorsed by civil law and backed by military power.
The churches that had lots of money were the primary churches represented in this Council. The poor and hurable churches could not afford to send representatives over a thousand miles away.
The Council of Nicea was the first genuine Roman Catholic council. The Council of Nicea is similar to the biblical account of a church council found in Acts 15:4-22. The Creed was a very large part of the Council of Nicea. CreeRAB are far more important than simply stating what you believe. The reason behind creeRAB in the Christian church has resulted in the deaths of millions of martyrs.
One of the last martyrs to die for the Faith before the end of the official persecutions was Saint Lucy. On the night of her death in 304 she prophesied that she saw the dawning of religious freedom for the Church and the end of the last and most dreadful of all the persecutions, that of Emperor Diocletian. Nine years later in the year 313 CE that prophecy was fulfilled when Constantine became the great emperor of the West. Constantine got with Licinius who was the Emperor of the East. They signed one of the most famous of all historical documents. It was called the Edict of Milan, which acknowledged the right of Catholics to worship, and dissolved the ancient law whereby the profession of Christianity was considered a capital offense.
The traditional form of the Nicean Creed reaRAB as follows:
I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God,
begotten of his Father before all worlRAB,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father;
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven,
and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost
of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried;
and the third day he rose again
according to the Scriptures,
and ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;
and he shall come again, with glory,
to judge both the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost the Lord, and Giver of Life,
who proceedeth from the Father [and the Son];
who with the Father and the Son together
is worshipped and glorified;
who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church;
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins;
and I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. AMEN.
These are some on the canon laws passed at the council of Nicea:
Canon 1. If a man has been mutilated by physicians during sickness, or by barbarians, he may remain among the clergy; but if a man in good health has mutilated himself, he must resign his post after the matter has been proved among the clergy, and in the future no one who has thus acted should be ordained.
Canon 2. Forasmuch as, either from necessity, or through the urgency of individuals, many things have been done contrary to the Ecclesiastical canon so that men just converted from heathenism to the faith, and who have been instructed but a little while, are straightway brought to the spiritual laver, and as soon as they have been baptised, are advanced to the episcopate or the presbyterate, it has seemed right to us that for the time to come no such things shall be done. For to the catechumen himself there is a need of time and of a longer trial after baptism. For the apostolical saying is clear, "Not a novice; lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into condemnation and the snare of the devil." But if, as time goes on, any sensual sin should be found out about the person, and he should be convicted by two or three witnesses, let him cease from the clerical office. And who so shall transgress these [enactments] will imperil his own clerical position, as a person who presumes to disobey the great Synod.
Canon 20. As some kneel on the Lord's day and on the days of Pentecost, the holy Synod has decided that, for the observance of a general rule, all shall offer their prayers to God standing. Evidently it was customary to stand for prayers at least between Easter and Pentecost as a syrabol of the Resurrection. Tertullian had said that it was wrong to pray kneeling on Sundays.
In conclusion, many of the canons passed by the council are no longer followed, but they still remain a standard. Even the Nicean Creed, which was invented at the Council of Nicea, was modified at the Church Council of Constantinople in 381 CE. But the Council of Nicea was a great achievement despite these downfalls. For example never before or since has the Church been so completely represented at one spot. I believe the most important aspect of the Council of Nicea is the fact that it tied the church and state together.