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AD 325 · Nicaea, Bithynia

First Council of Nicaea

Saint Nicholas of Myra striking the heretic Arius before Emperor Constantine and the assembled bishops at the First Council of Nicaea, AD 325, with Arius's books falling and burning.
Saint Nicholas of Myra striking the heretic Arius before Emperor Constantine and the assembled bishops at the First Council of Nicaea, AD 325, with Arius's books falling and burning.
Ecumenical CouncilsHeresies & Controversies

Against Arius, who denied the Son’s full divinity, the Fathers confessed Him “one in essence (homoousios) with the Father” and gave the Church the Creed (Nicaea, 325).

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