Schweitzer concludes that the 1st century theology, originating in the lifetimes of those who first followed Jesus, is both incompatible with, and far removed from, those beliefs later made official by the Roman Emperor Constantine in 325 CE.

However, early church documents, such as those of the First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) had always listed the Pope of Rome first among the Ancient Patriarchs ( first four, and later five: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem — collectively referred to as the Pentarchy ).

One of the most widely used creeds in Christianity is the Nicene Creed, first formulated in AD 325 at the First Council of Nicaea.

" These are likely the same Cathari mentioned in Canon 8 of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, which states "... f those called Cathari come over the Catholic faith, let them first make profession that they are willing to communicate full communion with the twice-married, and grant pardon to those who have lapsed ..."

The First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon ( the Paschal Full Moon ) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox.

The First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon ( the Paschal Full Moon ) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox.

The first historical mention of the region is from the Massaliote Periplus, a sailing manual for merchants thought to date to the 6th century BCE, and Pytheas of Massilia wrote of his exploratory voyage to the island around 325 BC.

Christianity penetrated early to Larissa, though its first bishop is recorded only in 325 at the Council of Nicaea.

* 325 – The First Council of Nicea – the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held.

It is called Nicene () because, in its original form, it was adopted in the city of Nicaea ( İznik in what is now Turkey ) by the first ecumenical council, which met there in the year 325.

The original Nicene Creed was first adopted in 325 at the First Council of Nicaea.

He also completed 24 out of 36 passes for 325 yards, and was the top rusher of the game with 49 rushing yards ( the first time both top passer and rusher were the same person ).

In 325 CE Constantine, the first Christian emperor, said " let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd.

Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the churches of Eastern Christian tradition that keep the faith of the first three Ecumenical Councils of the undivided Church: the First Council of Nicaea ( AD 325 ), the First Council of Constantinople ( 381 ) and the Council of Ephesus ( 431 ), and rejected the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon ( 451 ).

325 men are known to have arrived before the 1849 California Gold Rush which drew the first significant number of laborers from China who mined for gold and performed menial labor.

For this first attack, LeMay ordered the defensive guns removed from 325 B-29s, loaded each plane with Model E-46 incendiary clusters, magnesium bombs, white phosphorus bombs, and napalm, and ordered the bombers to fly in streams at 5, 000 to 9, 000 feet over Tokyo.

Notwithstanding, the first canon of the First Council of Nicea in 325 AD suspended clergy members who practiced voluntary castration.

The first seven Ecumenical Councils, from the First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) to the Second Council of Nicaea ( 787 ), represent an attempt to reach an orthodox consensus and to establish a unified Christendom as the State church of the Roman Empire.

A large garrison was installed, 325 strong in 1300, and Edward brought up his master craftsmen from the Welsh castles, including Thomas de Houghton and Master Walter of Hereford, both of whom travelled from Wales to Edinburgh in the first years of the century.

The first line may also be one left ball, one brass ball, one big ball ; approximately this version appears in Thomas Pynchon's V. ( page 325 ).

* Miners Foundry ( CHL No. 1012 ), 325 Spring Street, was the first manufacturing location of the Pelton wheel.

The first jail of the county was erected in Mackinaw at a cost of $ 325. 75, and was one of the strongest and most costly jails erected in Central Illinois at that time.

The Paeligni are first mentioned as a member of a confederacy which included the Marsi, Marrucini and Vestini, with which the Romans came into conflict in the Second Samnite War, 325 BC.

According to churches that consider ecumenical council decisions final, trinitarianism was infallibly defined at the First Ecumenical Council ( the Council of Nicaea ) in 325 A. D. Nontrinitarians disagree with the findings of the Council for various reasons, including the belief that the Bible as they understand it takes precedence over creeds, or that there was a Great Apostasy prior to the Council.

Bishops from the port cities took part in ecumenical councils, from the Council of Nicea ( 325 ) together with those from the Byzantine territories.

Constantine I was a key player in many important events in Christian history, as he convened and attended the first ecumenical council of bishops at Nicaea in 325, subsidized the building of churches and sanctuaries such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and involved himself in questions such as the timing of Christ's resurrection and its relation to the Passover.

In 325, a bishop of Córdoba asked Emperor Constantine to convoke the first ecumenical council at Nicea in order to condemn these subordinationist theses ( Christ subordinate to God the Father ).

Finally, in 381, the First Council of Constantinople — the second ecumenical ( worldwide ) council, after the first ( Nicaea ) in 325 — upheld the Nicene Creed.

Constantine I undertook major reforms of Imperial administration and military organisation, founded a new Imperial capital at Constantinople on November 8, 324, summoned the first Christian ecumenical council ( I Nicaea, 325 ), and became the first Christian Emperor in 337.

Athanasius may have accompanied Alexander to the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the council which produced the Nicene Creed and anathematized Arius and his followers.

The First Council of Nicaea ( naɪsi: ə ; ) was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia ( present-day İznik in Turkey ) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325.

Saint Nicholas of Myra was the bishop of Myra in the 4th century, is said to have been an ardent opponent of Arianism at the First Council of Nicaea in 325, although his name does not appear among the signatories of that council.

" But as the debate continued to rage despite Hosius ' efforts, Constantine in AD 325 took an unprecedented step: he called a council to be composed of church prelates from all parts of the empire to resolve this issue, possibly at Hosius ' recommendation.

On June 19, 325, council and emperor issued a circular to the churches in and around Alexandria: Arius and two of his unyielding partisans ( Theonas and Secundus ) were deposed and exiled to Illyricum, while three other supporters — Theognis of Nicaea, Eusebius of Nicomedia and Maris of Chalcedon — affixed their signatures solely out of deference to the emperor.

Circumcision was controversial during the period of Early Christianity ( before 325 ) and the first Church Council in Jerusalem ( c. 50 ) declared that circumcision was not necessary for new gentile converts ( a record of the council is found in ).

Eastern Orthodox argue that the seventh canon of the Council of Ephesus explicitly prohibited modification of the Nicene Creed by any man ( not by Ecumenical church council ) drawn up by the first Ecumenical Council in 325.

According to one account: " A final settlement of the dispute was one among the other reasons which led Constantine to summon the council at Nicaea in 325.

There has been much discussion as to the date: some have even thought that the council must have preceded that of Nicaea ( 325 ), or at least that of Constantinople ( 381 ).

Deemed a heretic by the Ecumenical First Council of Nicaea of 325, Arius was later exonerated in 335 at the regional First Synod of Tyre, and then, after his death, pronounced a heretic again at the Ecumenical First Council of Constantinople of 381.

By 325, the controversy had become significant enough that the Emperor Constantine called an assembly of bishops, the First Council of Nicaea, which condemned Arius ' doctrine and formulated the original Nicene Creed of 325.

In 325, at the age of 27, Athanasius had a leading role against the Arians in the First Council of Nicaea.

In 325, he served as Alexander's secretary at the First Council of Nicaea.

An Eastern Christianity | Eastern Christian Icon depicting Constantine I and Christianity | Emperor Constantine and the Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) as holding the Niceno – Constantinopolitan Creed of 381.

The Nicene Creed, largely a response to Arianism, was formulated at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople in 325 and 381 respectively and ratified as the universal creed of Christendom by the First Council of Ephesus in 431.

Early Christendom would close at the end of imperial persecution of Christians after the ascension of Constantine the Great and the Edict of Milan in AD 313 and the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

Icon depicting Constantine I and Christianity | Emperor Constantine ( center ) and the Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) as holding the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381

The Nicene Creed reflects the concerns of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 which had as their chief purpose to establish what Christians believed.

Docetism was unequivocally rejected at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 and is regarded as heretical by the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, and many others.

This controversy between those who advocated independent computations, and those who wished to continue the custom of relying on the Jewish calendar, was formally resolved by the First Council of Nicaea in 325 ( see below ), which endorsed the move to independent computations, effectively requiring the abandonment of the old custom of consulting the Jewish community in those places where it was still used.

At the First Council of Nicaea in 325 it was decided that all Christian churches would celebrate Easter on the same day, which would be computed independently of any Jewish calculations to determine the date of Passover.

In the history of Christianity, the First seven Ecumenical Councils, from the First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) to the Second Council of Nicaea ( 787 ), represent an attempt to reach an orthodox consensus and to unify Christendom under the State church of the Roman Empire.

# First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) 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 primacy of the sees of Rome, Alexandria and Antioch and granted the See of Jerusalem a position of honor.