at tha council of nicea they put tha holy scriptures together and called it tha bible. that's whut tha church tells u. i found out they also debated on tha topics in tha scriptures as well. taht bein said, this should explain why there r so many contradictions in tha bible...
2007-02-12 08:55:00 · 8 answers · asked by andrew 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You left out a lot in your brief synopsis, but it's true that not many people who call themselves Christians know of the Council of Nicea and what was accomplished there (or at any of the Ecumenical Councils).
2007-02-12 09:04:34 · answer #1 · answered by E D 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Oh, you were there?
Actually, most of the Scriptures were agreed upon, but the Council of Nicea was the final word. There was very little debate on the topics.
The same guidelines were used at the Council of Nicea for deciding whether or not a scripture was inspired by God or not:
1. Is it authoritative?
2. Is it prophetic?
3. Is it authentic?
4. Is it dynamic?
5. Was it accepted by people of God?
There are very few contradictions in the Bible, considering how many authors it has, how many years passed between the time Genesis and Revelations were written (about 1500 or so), how many different kind of people contributed to it (everyone from kings to paupers), how many languages it was written in (three), how many continents it was written over (also three)...
Biblical scholars agree that not only are there not very many contradictions, but there is very little in dispute.
2007-02-12 09:06:55 · answer #2 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There were two Councils of Nicaea. The first, in 325, formulated the Nicene Creed, which states the Son is consubstantial with the Father. Consubstantial means "of the same substance." Although Father and Son were still considered seperate entities, being made of the same substance established that Jesus Christ was divine. At the first Council of Constantinople (381), It was decided that the Holy Spirit was also consubstantial with both the Father and the Son. This was the origin of the Holy Trinity, the Bishops of the Church literally voted to decide that the three entities were all made of the same substance, thus making it a heresy to believe, as did many early believers, that the Holy Spirit was created by the Son. The idea of the Trinity didn't actually appear in Christian theology until St. Augustine wrote "De Trintate" (400 - 416). Here, Augustine likened the Holy Spirit to the natural love between Father and Son. Augustine was the first to claim that the three entities, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were one in the same. It is obvious that Augustine was retroactively creating a philosophical basis for pre-existing Church doctrine, exactly as he did when he invented the concept of the Soul (390) to explain how Christ's promise of eternal life might be possible. Likewise, Augustine also retroactively created the concept of Original Sin to justify the paternalistic Church's negative stance regarding the value of women within human civilization. The second Council of Nicaea was held in 787 and dealt largely with the issue of the sacred images which had been removed from churches because the Iconoclasts considered them craven. The second council of Nicaea validated the veneration of sacred images by establishing that veneration of an image was not the same as idolatry, the worship of the actual object itself. Personally, I'm an atheist and not a Solipsist. Thus, I have absolutely no faith in any of the political maneuverings of the early Church. It's all just meaningless empty superstition, as far as I'm concerned.
2016-03-29 03:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no contradictions in Scripture, only apparent contradictions born out of spiritual ignorance and/or absence.
Realize that the Council of Nicea were only discussing topics, agreeing on, and "officializing" what the CHURCHES had already been using, doing, and accepting! If you trust and believe in God, trust him to reveal the Scriptures to you and you will the get the life-changing answers youve always been looking for!
2007-02-12 09:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
ummm no thats not exactly what happened at the Council of Nicea. You know some believe the Council of Nicea and the Council of Trent never actually occured? Plus the Bible appears in cannonical form earlier then these councils. So you are actually a person who does not know what happened.
2007-02-12 09:01:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I am guessing your researching skills are somewhere on par with your ability to put together your thoughts into a couple of sentences. Keep trying though!
2007-02-12 09:01:21 · answer #6 · answered by Love Shepherd 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You should research a little more than reading the notes on wikipedia.
2007-02-12 08:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
yes, you are the only one.
sorry about that.
2007-02-12 09:03:01 · answer #8 · answered by Chef Bob 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋