WHAT MANY WHO PROFESS TO BE CHRISTIANS WONT LOOK UP First Council of Nicaea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia First Council of Nicaea Date 20 May to 19 Jun, AD 325 Accepted by Assyrian Church of the East Eastern Orthodox Oriental Orthodox Catholics Most Protestant Denominatio ns Next council First Council of Constantinople Convoked by Emperor Constantine I President Hosius of Corduba (and Emperor Constantine)[1] Attendance 318 (traditional number) 250–318 (estimates) — only five from Western Church Topics Arianism, the nature of Christ, celebration of Passover (Easter), ordination of eunuchs, prohibition of kneeling on Sundays and from Easter to Pentecost, validity of baptism by heretics, lapsed Christians, sundry other matters.[2] Documents and statements Original Nicene Creed,[3] 20 canons,[4] and a synodal epistle[2] Chronological list of Ecumenical councils Part of a series on Catholic Ecumenical Councils A Renaissance print depicting the Council of Trent Late Antiquity (325–381) Nicaea I · Constantinople I Early Middle Ages (431–870) Ephesus · Chalcedon · Constantinople II · Constantinople III · Nicaea II · Constantinople IV Middle Ages (1122–1517) Lateran I · Lateran II · Lateran III · Lateran IV · Lyon I · Lyon II · Vienne · Constance · Florence · Lateran V Modern Era and Contemporary Era (1545–1870) Trent · Vatican I Today Vatican II Catholicism portal v t e The First Council of Nicaea (/naɪˈsiːə/; Greek: Νίκαια [ˈni:kaɪja]; Turkish: Iznik) was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325. This first ecumenical council was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.[5] Its main accomplishments were settlement of the Christological issue of the nature of the Son of God and his relationship to God the Father,[3] the construction of the first part of the Creed of Nicaea, establishing uniform observance of the date of Easter,[6] and promulgation of early canon law.[4][7]
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