The First Council of Nice on This Day in History

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This Day in History: The First Council of Nicaea started on this day in 325 A.D. One of the main arguments was to settle whether Christ was God, or subordinate to God. Athanasius argued that Christ was God, and Arius argued that he wasn't. The "Arian Controversy" often led to bloody battles in the streets. Athanasius would win this round and Arius would be exiled. Three years later, Constantine recalled Arius from exile. In 335 Constantine now sided with Arius and exiled Athanasius. Two years after that, the new emperor recalled Athanasius. In 341 two councils are held to produce a formal doctrine of faith to oppose the Nicene Creed. In 351 a second anti-Nicene council was held in Sirmium. In 353 a council was held at Aries that was directed against Athanasius. This would keep happening until 381 when the First Council of Constantinople was held to review the controversy since Nicaea. Emperor Theodosius the Great establishes the creed of Nicaea as the standard of the realm. The Nicene Creed was re-evaluated and accepted with the addition of clauses on the Holy Spirit and other matters.

However, through the ages there were always people who sided with the Arian "heresy" that denied that Christ was co-equal with the Father, men such as Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson, Milton, Locke, Priestley, and many others who paid for this belief with their lives, like Michael Servetus, Giordano Bruno etc.

Download: When Jesus Became God by Ridhard E. Rubenstein
https://archive.org/details/pdfy-fVoMnUsaDlQlaRnI

Download: How Jesus Became God by Bart Ehrman
https://archive.org/details/HowJesusBecameGodTheExaltBartD

Download: How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?: Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus by Larry W. Hurtado
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See also The Terrible Death of Michael Servetus
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-terrible-death-of-michael-servetus.html

Unitarian History by John Hayward 1860
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2019/03/unitarian-history-by-by-john-hayward.html

Giordano Bruno, Martyr for the Trinity
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2019/02/giordano-bruno-martyr-for-trinity.html

Johann Sylvan - Unitarian Martyr
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2018/12/johann-sylvan-unitarian-martyr.html

The Trinity NO PART of Primitive Christianity, by James Forrest A.M. 1836
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-trinity-no-part-of-primitive.html

The Interrogation of Unitarian Anabaptist Martyr Herman van Vlekwijk
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-interrogation-of-unitarian.html

Peter Gunther, Unitarian Martyr
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2018/09/peter-gunther-unitarian-martyr.html

A Catholic Priest Declares the Trinity Doctrine "Opposed to Human Reason."
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-catholic-priest-declares-trinity.html

Edward Wightman (Unitarian Martyr)
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2018/07/edward-wightman-unitarian-martyr.html