2007-03-14 10:48:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
in terms a 13 year old can understand please!
2007-03-14 10:55:25 · update #1
This is where "trinity" evolved and the bastardization of Christanity.
Before, it was a purely monotheistic religion. Now it is paganistic and so far from the true teachings of Jesus (as).
He was a prophet and a messiah, but not the son of God!
There is no God but God!
2007-03-14 10:54:35 · answer #1 · answered by aliasasim 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The First Council of Nicea in 325 was called by Emperor Constantine, who also participated. Constantine had adopted Christianity as the state religion because he sought something which would unify the people - however, a heresy had developed which threatened to dissolve that unity and Constantine would not allow it. He intended to make sure that, one way or another, the disagreement would end.
The problem was caused by Arius of Alexandria who was teaching that Jesus Christ, instead of being fully divine as was believed by orthodox Christians, was wholly a created being. Arianism was condemned at this Council and Airus was exiled by Constantine. Also as a result, the Nicene Creed was adopted - this expressly taught that Jesus fully human and fully divine.
2007-03-14 17:52:42 · answer #2 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In early Christian History there were many debates over the substance of the Faith. Particularly if Jesus was same substance or like substance as God. There was no belief on the essential unities and alot of infighting, there were stories of Fish Mongers and blacksmiths breaking into fights in marketplaces over the debate. Constantine longed to lead a great united Roman empire, being the first ruler over a united empire. So he called the Christian community leaders together to settle the essential questions. Because you can;t have a great empire with infighting.
Constantine did not care either way, his personal opinion seemed to vary depending on who he was talking to and as the Roman leader he remained a part of the Pagan Religion of Rome (until shortly before his death) which was the law at that time, remained the law for next 75 until Thadeous converted the empire to Christianity.
There they agreed on the central beliefs of the Christian faith which are still used by the World Council of Churches today and all Churches that are classified as Christian by one another have agreed upon and signed off on.
2007-03-14 17:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Christianity, 1700 years ago, was as fragmented then as it is now. Imagine George Bush calling a Council of Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, Calvinist, Christian Science, Mormon, and Evangelical Leaders together to decide once and for all, what are the official beliefs of Christianity that all Christians from this point forward will accept as "truth."
Kind of absurd. Because you have a bunch of men, all with different opinions, arguing about the "beliefs" of their religion. And what they decide becomes official "belief" - the way it always was. Everything else is classified as heresy. And that's just how Christianity as we know it was created.
2007-03-14 17:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
- Arians:The strongest heretical sect in the early Church. Arius, an Alexandrian priest denied the divinity of Christ and consequently Virgin Mary was not the Mother of God. The first ecumenical council, that of Nicea, was convened to condemn the heresy... St. Athanasius, was his chief opponent
2007-03-14 17:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by HAND 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
held in Nicea in Bithynia (in present-day Turkey), convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 325, was the first ecumenical[1] conference of bishops of the Catholic Church, and most significantly resulted in the first uniform Christian doctrine, called the Nicene Creed. With the creation of the creed, a precedent was established for subsequent 'general (ecumenical) councils of Bishops' (Synods) to create statements of belief and canons of doctrinal orthodoxy— the intent being to define unity of beliefs for the whole of Christendom.
2007-03-14 17:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"To deal with the Arian heresy that said that Christ was just the first among God's creatures. The Council said that Christ was the only begotten Son of God and of the same being with the Father. " It also recognized the patriarchal rights of Alexandria, Antioch and Rome" and gave us the date for Easter.
2007-03-14 17:57:49 · answer #7 · answered by Mary W 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To discuss marketing and presentation materials to promote
acceptance to the general public.
2007-03-14 17:56:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
To officially kick off the apostacy!
2007-03-14 17:51:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
To determine what parts of the bible should be kept, not what should be added.
2007-03-14 17:51:10 · answer #10 · answered by puddi317 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋