First Council of Nicaea
council of Christian bishops in Nicaea, 325
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The First Council of Nicaea was a gathering of Christian bishops in the year 325 that addressed important matters affecting the early Church. It matters because it represented one of the first major attempts by Church leaders to establish unified doctrine and resolve theological disputes across Christianity.
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- First Council of Nicea
- number of participants
- 250
- start time
- 0325-05-00
- end time
- 0325-07-00
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- Concilium Nicaenum
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The First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, also known as the First Ecumenical Council. It met from May until the end of July 325.
This ecumenical council was the first of many efforts to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all Christendom. Hosius of Corduba may have presided over its deliberations. Attended by at least 200 bishops, its main accomplishments were the settlement of the Christological issue of the divine nature of God the Son and his relationship to God the Father, the construction of the first part of the Nicene Creed, the mandating of uniform observance of the date of Easter, and the promulgation of early canon law.