The Council of Nicaea

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This paper explains that the Emperor Constantine called the Council of Nicaea in the hopes that, by doing so a war between the different Christian factions could be averted. The paper explains that the Council brought together all the clergy at once so that they could work out a compromise amongst themselves regarding their religious beliefs. The paper further points out that the Council was not successful in averting the war as the differences between factions were to vast and that, on the contrary, the Council drove a wedge deeper into the two factions, leading to war and civil unrest until the death of Constantius and Emperor Julian ascended the throne.

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"Controversies in the Christian Church concerning the mystery of the Trinity began in the second century. Previously, there was almost no mention of the word trinity in the scriptures or Christian writings. It did not come into use until the second century when theologians used new metaphysical methods in their attempts to explain the divine nature. The dispute centered around the trinity and whether Christ was God or man or an intermediate being. They also debated whether or not Christ was created."

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