What happened at the famous council of bishops of Nicea, convened by the emperor Constantine in the year 325? What did this group say about the God the Father, and the Son of God, in opposition to Arius and his supporters? In this episode, we hear their creed, and put it into the historical and theological context of its own time.
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Author: Dale Tuggy
Keywords: First Council of Nicaea, Nicene Creed, Nicean Creed, Creed, Church Creeds, Nicaea, Council of Nicaea, 325 AD, Homoousios, homoiousios, Homoiousian, Athanasius, Arius, Arian, Arian heresy, Arian controversy, Arianism, Athanasian, Athanasian Creed, Constantine, Constantine the Great, Trinity, Deity of Jesus, Divinity of Jesus, divinity of christ, triune, trinitarian, trinitarianism
Bible reference(s): Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 16:13, Matthew 16:16, Mark 8:27, Mark 8:29, Mark 12:29, Mark 12:32, John 1:1-3, John 1:14, John 1:18, John 17:22, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Ephesians 4:6, 1 Timothy 2:5
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