Council of Nicein AD 325 (First Council of Nicaea)
Location: Nicaea, in Bithynia
Year: AD 325.
Organized by: The Roman Emperor Constantine I.
Attendees: 250 to 320 bishops (out of 1800 bishops of the Christian church invited)
Summary: Repudiated Arianism, declared that Christ is "homoousios with the Father" (of the same substance as the Father), and adopted the original Nicene Creed; fixed Easter date. Recognized authority of the sees of Rome, Alexandria and Antioch outside their own civil provinces and granted the see of Jerusalem a position of honor.
Agenda
| Topic | Arguments/Questions | Decided |
| The Arian question (the relationship between Jesus to God) | The Alexandrian priest Arius, argued chat God created everything including Jesus and therefore, Jesus was not himself God, but rather a heavenly teacher, a messiah, because, unlike God, Christ was born and had a beginning. | God was a Trinity-Father, son, and spirit. In other words, the Son was true God, coeternal with the Father and begotten from His same substance. (Many of the Eastern bishops who were pro-Arian, were prevented from reaching the Council until after the vote had been taken. Arius and his followers were banished). |
| Judgment | Will Jesus judge us? | Jesus will judge the living and the dead |
Other topics decided
The celebration of Passover.
The Meletian schism.
The Father and Son one in purpose or in person.
The baptism of heretics.
The status of the lapsed in the persecution under Licinius.
The Nicene Creed, a declaration and summary of the Christian faith by the First Council of Nicaea was created. Everybody who refused to endorse the Nicene Creed would be exiled. Arius, Theonas, and Secundus refused to adhere to the creed, and were thus exiled to Illyria, in addition to being excommunicated. The works of Arius were ordered to be confiscated and consigned to the flames, while his supporters were considered as "enemies of Christianity."
Notes
Arianism, named after the Alexandrian priest Arius, taught chat God created everything including Jesus and therefore, Jesus was not himself God, but rather a heavenly teacher, a messiah. This concept, perhaps strengthened by the Magdalene tradition in southern France, gained considerable popularity at the time.
To counter Arianism, Roman emperor Constantine had convened the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325. When Arius rose to argue his views, he was punched in the face. The council, under firm control of the Roman church, declared chat God was a Trinity-Father, son, and spirit. Arius and his followers were banished, "There were now only two official objects of worship": commented Gardner. "The Holy Trinity of God and the Emperor himself-the newly designated Savior of the World. Anyone who disputed this in any way was at once declared a heretic. Christians who attempted to retain loyalty to Jesus as the Messianic Christ were discounted by the Imperial Church as heathens."
Reference
Jim Marrs "Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids". Page 327
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