Both the question of Christs divinity and the books selected to form the bible were established by a vote at the Council of Nicea in the early 4th century aznd not as the result of any will of God.
2006-10-22 11:53:54 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I understand exactly what you're saying. Over 300 years AFTER the Bible was completed, the majority of clergymen who were called to a council at Nicea by a sun-worshiping pagan, decided that Jesus was God, although the Bible never said he was. It is a sad thing that people who believe so strongly that Jesus is God are basing their beliefs, not on Scripture but on religious leaders who had a distorted view of the identity of God. What a pity.
2006-10-22 12:14:43 · answer #1 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually in 325 they decided that Jesus Christ was fully divine and fully human, opposite to what Arius of Alexandria was teaching at the present time, so they condemned Arianism.
I don't believe that Christ's divinity was voted then. Christ was already divine when the Church was established.
But, religion was the only thing that kept people together in that times, so I think that the 325 Nicea Council had established some important aspects as base for the Christian society.
The real question is: what is keeping Christ in the mind and hearts of so many people across the globe? And what is making him fade?
And don't consider my answer a good christian's statement!
2006-10-22 12:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by octi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At Councils, the bishops vote to ratify things and make them official, then the Pope signs off on it, if he agrees. This doesn't mean the concepts were first defined at the council.
Christians always knew that Jesus was divine, from the earliest days of the Church. The books of the Bible were similarly in use by the whole Church for many years prior to that Council.
For your information, there was only one vote against Jesus' being co-equal and co-eternal with the Father at that council. There were about 273 other votes affirming it. 273 to 1 sounds pretty definitive to me.
When all the bishops of God's church get together with the pope to work out matters of faith, as the rulers of God's church, one must admit that God plays a big part in it, especially since Jesus remains the head of his Church, and the Holy Spirit is still in charge of doctrine and truth.
If not God's will, than who's? What other Christian Church existed at that time?
2006-10-22 16:26:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm curious to know how you are assuming you know the will of God, specifically that it was not the will of God for Christ's divinity to be asserted, especially if you discount the Biblical accounts themselves--it's pretty hard to assume you know God's will if you ignore what claim to be authoritative sources about what He has said or done. What sources are you citing to back up what you're claiming?
Do a Google search on textual criticism and the Dead Sea Scrolls and you'll see how the books that became a part of the Biblical canon came together. It was decided on the authority of the sources the books cited, firsthand accounts of the events of Christ's day and not some power play that people keep claiming but never back up. The evidence is there for anyone with an open mind willing to look at it.
2006-10-22 12:03:02 · answer #4 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Would He win today, no. Why?? Because out of 6 billion people the estimated Christian population is around 2 billion.
Christ's divinity was not voted on as one would elect the president. The matter in question at the Council of Nicea was whether Christ was co-eternal/equal with God or whether God created Him. The bishop did not vote to make a decision, they voted to affirm what they already believed and to establish the matter as a matter of church record in order to prevent further "heresy's." To say that these matter's were not decided as a result of God's will is to say that God has no power in the world.
2006-10-22 11:56:17 · answer #5 · answered by berg 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It sounds like your a "da vinci code" tool because Christ's divinity was not "voted on" at the Council of Nicea, an neither were the books which made it to the bible, seems like your just making up stories to gain attention
2006-10-22 12:00:22 · answer #6 · answered by RawDeal 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
haha instead of answering your queastion people are just denying your facts. I think the answer though is that they woudl come to the same conclusion. The myth has had 2000 years to grow after all. some people think eric clapton is god and he kinda sucks.
the person above me is qoting an old testament passage and inserting jesus into the end., jsut to let everyone know, that he is wrong
2006-10-22 11:58:21 · answer #7 · answered by abcdefghijk 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Divinity of Jesus was established LONG before the Council of Nicea.
Don't you think it's strange that it takes man so long to affirm something that is already in place.
"Before Abraham was, I am."
2006-10-22 12:00:40 · answer #8 · answered by Bob L 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't trouble these people with your pesky historical details. If they want to think that God sat in a cloud dictating while Moses, Matthew, Mark, or anyone else took notes, then that's what happened.
2006-10-22 11:56:46 · answer #9 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Few Christians are going to want to know the facts. Jesus was probably a pretty groovy dude. I have great respect for his teachings. But it is Christians that turned him into God.
2006-10-22 12:05:35 · answer #10 · answered by gjm37 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋