Portal:First Council of Nicaea
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related authors: Constantine (c. 272-337), Arius, Alexander of Alexandria, Athanasius
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The First Council of Nicaea (Greek: Νίκαια) 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.
Works
[edit]Compilations
[edit]- The First Ecumenical Council, translated by Philip Schaff et al.
Individual Documents
[edit]Works about the First Council of Nicaea
[edit]- "Part 1, Division 1, Chapter 3: Arianism," in The Greek and Eastern Churches by Walter Frederic Adeney (1908)
- "Nicaea, Council of," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Councils of Nicæa," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)