Nicaea

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mercedo wrote today at 3:14 AM
infinitemonkey said But Nicaea itself was a totally different ballgame and a truly remarkable event. My understanding about Nicaea council in 325 AD is thatMonotheism was originally started by Moses in 1300 BC, but since it experienced the wave of Babylonian captivity in 597 BC and Greek rule 323 BC-166 BC, and finally Roman rule 63 BC, monotheistic tradition Moses firmly established was shivering at the time Jesus was born. Christianity was originated from Judaism basically adopting other traditions, making a unique shape. How to deal with Arianism was the main topic in Nicaea, because unitarianism Arius taught was basically in line with monotheistic tradition, but in fact Constantine had to settle many other aspects Christianity at that time inevitably held in itself like what is the position Jesus occupies in Christianity, how about many angels like Michael, Gabriel, etc. Constantine needed to settle the matter and chose to adopt Athanasius doctrine, that is trinity. Trinity was convenient to explain many aspects in early Christianity. Arian unitarianism as well as Gnosticism kept on surviving till today beside the main stream of Christian denominations.