divinity. This is christians main article of faith. You'd think they'd know while Jesus was with them or did Jesus never say such a thing?
2007-09-24 20:51:34 · 13 answers · asked by Richie Spice 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
netziz- that's why they had to have a meeting about it 300 years later.
2007-09-24 20:57:11 · update #1
Constantine sensed that the “Christian” religion—albeit apostate and deeply corrupted by then—could be effectively utilized as a revitalizing and uniting force to serve his grand scheme for imperial domination. Adopting the foundations of apostate Christianity to gain support in furthering his own political ends, he decided to unify the people under one “catholic,” or universal, religion. Prior to receiving the vision Constantine had lived the life of a soldier. Killing people was his business and in this enterprise he was very successful. Constantine was the Roman emperor who convened the Council of Nicaea in 325 C.E. and influenced it to adopt the unscriptural doctrine that Christ was God. He did this to solidify his empire of pagans and apostate Christians.
2007-09-24 21:17:38 · answer #1 · answered by conundrum 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jesus made it clear he was God and that God is a triune being. The early Christians knew it and the purpose of the "article of faith" was to fend off attacks by other groups, like the gnostics. It is a clear statement that leaves no room for doubt about what we believe.
No matter how you phrase the question, the answer is still the same.
2007-09-24 21:07:56 · answer #2 · answered by Aletheia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay, the ONLY place in which it's said that the purpose of the Council of Nicea was to decide whether or not Jesus was divine is the Da Vinci Code. Just in case you don't realize this, the Da Vinci Code is called FICTION.
There was a Council of Nicea, and some things were debated; however, Christ's divinity was not one of them, because the earliest Christians believed He was divine.
Two main things were debated:
1. The canon.
2. Whether or not Jesus was and IS God.
In order to do this, they had to weigh in what the earliest Christians and eyewitnesses had to say, and what they knew.
But if you really wanted to know this, you could research it for yourself. You don't really want to know, do you?
2007-09-24 21:23:23 · answer #3 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually the early Apostles knew, but over a period of time heresies and innovations cropped up that were contrary to the original faith. The Nicean Creed didn't really conclude anything - it was more of an *affirmation* of what was already known and believed by the true Church.
2007-09-24 20:57:31 · answer #4 · answered by the phantom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure where you're coming from. The Bible speaks of the divinity of Jesus. Read the letters of Paul--he points it out many times and in various ways.
2007-09-24 21:03:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some still don't get it.
Mat.16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
When the blind man was made to see, he could see the truth.
I am not suprised 2000 years later it is still debated.
Revelation comes from God and all do not receive his gift.
2007-09-24 21:04:24 · answer #6 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said that after his death other would rise and speak twisted things and blind others from the truth. That it took 300 years shows that the truth took a while to be overruled by mens imperfection and greed.
Jesus never claimed to be more than the son of God. That others tried to make him equal to god is a very clear example of that.
All those that are blinded becuase of their belief in a triune god are missing the fact that the Israelites worshipped the one singular true god, the same god that Jesus worshiped when he attended the temple in Jerusalem.
2007-09-24 21:22:14 · answer #7 · answered by Kilroy J 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
They did know.
The New Testament teaches us that Jesus is God.
edit:
The New Testament was completed before 70 AD.
2007-09-24 20:54:58 · answer #8 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the church was a shell after its apostasy, the murder of the Apostles, and the loss of revelation. This is exactly why the restoration was necessary.
2007-09-24 20:59:50 · answer #9 · answered by Avatar_defender_of_the_light 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Politics was the engine for the Trinity.
Constantine needed it to unite his Empire..... and the pagans accepted it.
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2007-09-24 20:57:26 · answer #10 · answered by Mithrianity 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋