In modern Christian belief, established by the Council of Nicaea, Jesus is the second person of the Holy Trinity.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Nicene Creed was published by the First Council of Nicaea.
The Council of Nicaea, held in 325 AD, aimed to address the Arian controversy regarding the nature of Jesus. The council established the Nicene Creed, affirming that Jesus is of the same substance as God the Father, thus outlining the belief in the Holy Trinity.
Arianism was a theological belief in the early Christian church that denied the full divinity of Jesus Christ, teaching that he was a created being and not co-equal with God the Father. This belief was denounced as heretical by the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.
Arius believed in Arianism, a view that Jesus was a created being and not co-eternal with God the Father. This belief was deemed heretical by the early Christian church, leading to the convening of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD to address the issue.
For Christian update: There is more then 1 Nicene Creed. The original was lost but remorm;ulated at the 2nd ecumenicl council of Constantinople in 381. Difference between the original Creed and the one of today is that it contains addition language reinforcing Catholic and Protestant affirmation. There has been no update since then
A:Even at the end of the first century, Churches had not yet defined exactly what Christian doctrine was. The important doctrine of the Holy Trinity was formulated in the third century and adopted, only after considerable dissent, at the Council of Nicaea in the fourth century. Emperor Theodosius made belief in the Holy Trinity a requirement for all Christians in 381 CE. 1 John 5:7, known widely as the 'Johannine Comma', appeared in the Latin translation from the fifth century onwards, thereby providing indirect support for the Holy Trinity, with the words, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." This was never in the early Greek manuscripts.
The Nicene Creed was accepted by the Council of Trent because it is one of the foundational statements of Christian belief, affirming key doctrines such as the Trinity and the divinity of Christ. The Council of Trent sought to uphold traditional Christian teachings, and the Nicene Creed was seen as a unifying statement of faith that transcended denominational differences.
A:The earliest known proponent of the Holy Trinity was Tertullian, a Latin theologian who wrote in the early third century. The new concept gradually gained adherents throughout the third century but also faced opposition, particularly from Arius, a popular Libyan priest at the beginning of the fourth century. The Trinity was adopted as Christian doctrine at the Council of Nicaea in 325, but the Church remained divinded until Emperor Theodosius made belief in the Trinity a requirement for all Christians, around 380 CE. The concept of the Trinity is no doubt based on an interpretation of John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." It is supposedly also supported by the 'Johannine Comma', 1 John 5:7-8 ("For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."), but that passage was never in the early Greek manuscripts. It appeared in the Latin translation of the fifth century, after the Trinity doctrine had been accepted by the Council of Nicaea.
According to Christian belief, Jesus Christ was the firstborn from the dead.
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.
According to Christian belief, Jesus Christ was the first born from the dead.