The First Council of Nicaea (/naɪ'si:ə/; Greek: Νίκαια /'ni:kaɪja/) 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. This first ecumenical council was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.
Its main accomplishments were settlement of the Trinitarian issue of the nature of The Son and his relationship to God the Father, the construction of the first part of the Creed of Nicaea, settling the calculation of the date of Easter, and promulgation of early canon law.
Read more about First Council Of Nicaea: Overview, Character and Purpose, Attendees, Agenda and Procedure, Arian Controversy, The Nicene Creed, Separation of Easter Computation From Jewish Calendar, Meletian Schism, Promulgation of Canon Law, Effects of The Council
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