Task 7: Jesus. Man or God. Only the Council of Nicea can decide [May 26, 2012, 9:04 p.m.]
In this exercise you are going to be taking a look at the council of Nicea.
The point of this task is to gain an appreciation of the fact that there was a pagan type religion,
during the historical record (we shall take a look at that in the next task).
And that something akin to a 'New World Order' took place around the year of 325 AD.
This task requires you answer the following questions.
What Empire was responsible for convening the council of Nicea?
What decisions were settled apon?
Finally conclude how those decisions are of interest today.
Read the following extract and then write your answer.
Extract:
...Invitations to all the bishops in Christendom were sent,
318 bishops together with 1500 in staff gathered at the Council of Nicea (near Istanbul, Turkey today)
from all around the world.
This council, convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in AD 325,
was the first ecumenical "worldwide" conference of bishops of the Christian Church.
The purpose of the council or synod was to resolve disagreements in the Church of Alexandria over the nature of the Trinity:
in particular whether Jesus was of the same or of similar substance as God the Father.
St. Alexander of Alexandria took the first position;
the popular presbyter Arius, from whom the term Arian controversy comes, took the second.
The council decided against the Arians...
See the full article here:
http://www.carnaval.com/lent/
Okay. Answering the question.
In your introduction sentence state that the Council of Nicea was convened at a time when Christianity was at a very early stage of development.
In your next three sentences mention that the Council was a gathering of Christian Bishops, convened by the Roman Empire.
Say that the purpose of the council was to resolve points of contention within Christiandom.
Next say that the main contention that needed resolving, was with reference to the trinity and,
was to decide if God created Jesus or if God was the same as Jesus.
In your concluding sentence you should decide if the Roman Catholic church of today is the religion that was formulated at the council of Nicea.
The point of this task is to gain an appreciation of the fact that there was a pagan type religion,
during the historical record (we shall take a look at that in the next task).
And that something akin to a 'New World Order' took place around the year of 325 AD.
This task requires you answer the following questions.
What Empire was responsible for convening the council of Nicea?
What decisions were settled apon?
Finally conclude how those decisions are of interest today.
Read the following extract and then write your answer.
Extract:
...Invitations to all the bishops in Christendom were sent,
318 bishops together with 1500 in staff gathered at the Council of Nicea (near Istanbul, Turkey today)
from all around the world.
This council, convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in AD 325,
was the first ecumenical "worldwide" conference of bishops of the Christian Church.
The purpose of the council or synod was to resolve disagreements in the Church of Alexandria over the nature of the Trinity:
in particular whether Jesus was of the same or of similar substance as God the Father.
St. Alexander of Alexandria took the first position;
the popular presbyter Arius, from whom the term Arian controversy comes, took the second.
The council decided against the Arians...
See the full article here:
http://www.carnaval.com/lent/
Okay. Answering the question.
In your introduction sentence state that the Council of Nicea was convened at a time when Christianity was at a very early stage of development.
In your next three sentences mention that the Council was a gathering of Christian Bishops, convened by the Roman Empire.
Say that the purpose of the council was to resolve points of contention within Christiandom.
Next say that the main contention that needed resolving, was with reference to the trinity and,
was to decide if God created Jesus or if God was the same as Jesus.
In your concluding sentence you should decide if the Roman Catholic church of today is the religion that was formulated at the council of Nicea.