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Could it be that the way most perceive Christianity is based on a bias of the first council of nicaea?
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∙ 13y ago
It is unlikely. Many believe that in that council Emperor Constantine manipulated that council to strengthen his reign, but this simply is not true. The council was not called to decide what Christianity WAS but to decide what it was NOT. Almost every council that has been called has been a response to a heresy that arose at that time. Christians already agreed and had agreed since Jesus on the divinity of Christ. The council was called because a few outlying heretics called Gnostics challenged the HUMANITY of Christ. These Gnostics believed that the material was completely evil and the spiritual completely good. Thus Jesus could not have been really human but only God. Thus, the first council merely affirmed the humanity of Christ which was already the traditionally accepted belief.
To summarize: The councils do no CREATE belief systems, they AFFIRM or CONDEMN.
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