ENTRY TYPE
Events |
SUMMARY
In 325, Emperor Constantine the Great convened the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea to bring order into the Empire’s ecclesiastical affairs. The council condemned the teachings of Arius, compiled the so-called Nicene Creed and ordered the day for the celebration of Easter. With this council the Church became part of the state, and the institution of the ecclesiastical councils the cornerstone of Orthodoxy. This event had far-reaching theological and political consequences in the East throughout the Middle Ages. |
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