The First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened that settled the question of the divinity and humanity of Christ and the relationship of Jesus and God.
This council resulted in the first uniform Christian doctrine, called the Creed of Nicaea or Nicene Creed that is spoken by many Christians to this day:
"We believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
the begotten of God the Father, the Only-begotten,
that is of the essence of the Father.
God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten and not made;
of the very same nature of the Father,
by Whom all things came into being, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.
Who for us humanity and for our salvation came down from heaven,
was incarnate, was made human
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By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, truly and not in semblance. ..."
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.
Yes, I think that formulation comes from the Council of Chalcedon. It refers specifically to Jesus Christ.
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Yes, it's true, Coptic Christians believe that Jesus has both a divine and a human nature.
Joseph was born in Betlehem And lived in Nazareth.But Joseph wasn't the father of God he was the father of Jesus of Nazareth. *** Frptliny adds **** The council of Ephesus, 431, met to combat the Nestoian hesersy about the dual nature of Christ. The council decree that Mary was the "Mother of God" was meant to clarify that Jesus, conceived by the "Holy Spirit" [thus being born true God] and born of the Virgin Mary [born as true man] defined the dual reality of Jesus as true God and true man. Jesus conceived by the Holy Spirit, [true God] and born of the virgin Mary [true man]. The title "Mother of God" applied to the virgin man was meant to help understand the hypostatic union of Jesus.
The most famous heresy is Arianism, which teaches that Jesus did not exist before he became human. God the Father created him, so while Jesus was in some sense "a god" or "son of God", he was not fully God. Some groups even today believe versions of Arianism.Nestorianism taught that Jesus was just an ordinary man in whom God chose to dwell. So Jesus had two natures, the divine one and the human one, and by degrees he became God.There was also an opposite heresy, Docetism, which taught that Jesus was God but not a real human being - he only seemed (dosein) human. A modified version of this is Monophysitism, which teaches that Jesus is human yet did not have a true human nature, e.g. did not have all of the human bodily functions or desires.Modalism taught that Christ is not in any way separate or different from God the Father. God simply put on his "son" mask to come to earth. Similar heresies were also taught by Monarchianism and Patripassinism.A Polytheistic approach would teach that Christianity has three gods, and that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all separate deities.
Jesus Christ is the only Son of the one true God. Haile Selassie was just human. He was not the Messiah.
In the first Council of Nicaea(A.D. 325), the heresy about the relationship of Jesus to God the Father was condemned. People could not and still can not fully grasp the concept of Jesus being Ture God and True Man, His divinity. Also, the council discussed issues about early canon law, calculated the date of Easter, and composed the Nicaean Creed.
True Teachings of Jesus Christ
If your statement is true (I doubt that EVERY case is affirmed) it must mean that the lower courts are doing their jobs correctly.
No it is not true. Jesus had no wives.
Yes Jesus is very much true.