Council of Nicaea Flashcards

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When did the Council of Nicaea take place?

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325

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How many bishops attended?

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About 300

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Where did they come from?

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Across the Empire

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Why did they meet?

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To discuss theological and administrative issues

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What did it result in?

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The Nicene Creed

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What is the Nicene Creed used as?

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A statement of faith

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7
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Who documented the results of the council?

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Church historians

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8
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Who refers to the council in his letters?

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Athanasius

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9
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Who is the main defender of the Nicene Orthodoxy?

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Athanasius

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What did Constantine hope Christianity would become?

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A uniting force in the empire

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What was Constantine distressed to hear?

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Of the dispute between the Christians and the Arians

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What were the Arians arguing?

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That Jesus was greater than man but inferior to God

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13
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Who called for the council?

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Constantine

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14
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What did they gather after?

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After years of persecution

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Who tried to help them?

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The Emperor

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What was still very recent?

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The persecutions

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What did this mean?

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People were reluctant to get involved with issues surrounding their faith

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What did many bishops claim to still have due to the persecution?

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Scars, metaphorically speaking

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What did the councils condemn?

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The teachings of Arius

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What did the council adopt?

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A creed outlining the correct belief about the sons relationship with the father

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What was this meeting considered to be?

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The first ecumenical council of the church

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What was the council’s main ambition to do?

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Question the exact relationship between the father and the son

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What doctrines did Arius formulate?

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  • The Logos and the Father were not of the same essence
  • the son was a created being
  • there was a time when He did not exist
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What was the famous part about the Nicene Creed?

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The statement of faith

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What did the council's decision on Jesus become?
He was divine in the same sense as the God the father, not in the sense of being a created divine being
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What substance was he said to be?
One substance with the Father
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What word describes this substance?
Homousion
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What did they condemn?
Views that were heretical
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How many canons did they introduce?
20 canons after the conclusion of the council
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What question were they aiming to address?
Was Jesus divine and how?
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What were the main issues for the people when they saw the arguments in the church?
- Riots in the streets - pamphlet wars - graffiti
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What did historians call the issue?
Arian Controversy
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What was the church the first of?
Worldwide gathering of the church
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What age was the church when Constantine took over?
It was a young church
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What was the Christian doctrine regarded as?
Muddled and inconsistent
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Where was this inconsistency prominent?
When it came to the central question of Jesus' relationship to God
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What did the Nicene Creed form?
The basis for Christian ideology
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What date was decided?
Easter, one of the holiest of Christian celebrations
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What was NOT decided?
Which verses or gospels would be included in the Bible