Your production is great. I might not agree with everything you say but it's very thought-provoking and I love this genre of thinking. Iron sharpens iron. Be blessed.
Praises to our Lord. Thank you men of God for these educational, spiritual edifying videos. The church from ADs to end times. God bless all of you. MARANATHA!
@@nelineyatana3697 CE is a trash term cooked-up by unbelievers and modernists that HATE The King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Anno Domini ---> in the Year of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is now Anno Domini 2,024. NEVER use CE "Theology Central" !!!! B.C. = Before Christ. All time is measured about the Messiah.
Praises to our Lord. Thank you men of God for these educational n spiritual edification videos. Church.. from ADs to end times God bless all of you. Maranatha!
I don’t know why people don’t want these done with AI…. clearly they have strong reasons for it. But I think this work is beautiful. I am one of Jehovah’s Witness’s and I’m doing some deep personal study on all of the belief flashpoints of the Catholic Church. This has been very helpful in Church history, thank you.
Constantine had no strong opinion on the doctrinal issues. His wife was a follower of Arius but the main thing Constantine wanted was a unified position on what a Christian believed. As the Emperor he was tired of the various Bishops and believers coming to him and complaining about others with different beliefs. While Constantine did not voice an opinion he informed the attendees they could not leave without coming to a consensus and that it must be written down and made available throughout the Empire. This is how we came to have the Nicaean Creed. The Nicaean Creed became such a foundational part of the Christian Church that when the Church in Rome altered it in 1054 to add that the Holy Spirt came from the Father and Son ( it originally said the Spirit came from just the Father) the Eastern Church split from Rome because they contended the Council was inspired by God and changing the wording was contradicting God!
After the listing of five distinct points of view, quite frankly, the Summary Doctrinal statement would seem quite impossible 😢 but apparently they succeeded. To be sure the salt and the light kept them going for another 200 years
And the different opinions and Biblical interpretations continue to this very day. Finite minds cannot, put an infinite God in whom we live and have our being in a theological box. All we asked to do is follow the WAY Jesus showed us. To love God the reason for everything and love one another. Sadly we fall short on both counts. Thank God Jesus on the cross reconcilled a fallen creation with its creator. If not fully in this age than with much remorse and regret on our behalf in the age to come. But then again only one conviction within Christianity. Faith Hope LOVE these three but LOVE most of all. After all that is the very nature of God.
What you say is true, but in a limited way. There are theological truths that the early Church held that both Martin Luther, Zwingli and Calvin denied. Do I go with new theories originating in the 16th century or do I stick with the Apostolic fathers (late 1st and 2nd century)
different opinions and interpretations is because of heretics who denie the early church and their councils and core beliefs, which is why Sola Scriptura is is faulty and leads to thousands of different denominations when you let anyone intepret the bible any way they feel without relying on the council of the church
@@WatchList-xf8ic --Baptism as regenerative, Holy Eucharist as truly the substance of Christ, Holy Trinity, Christ as true God and man, a visible church as opposed to a church of believers.
I just found your channel, really like the content and quality.....except for the music, it's just distracting, and if you're hearing challenged it makes it really hard to follow the dialog.
The reference to Socrates is puzzling, particularly since he lived and did his work several hundred years prior to the council of Nicaea. While the number of bishops in attendance of 250 to 300 is likely very accurate… the video I think made it seem like the council was more fully ecumenical than it really was. While the bishops and attendance came from a broad swot of the eastern Empire, only three or four bishops came from the west.
Good Today ! __ " Jesus the Christ of GOD ", a simple trueth easily found in the early Writtings of the Jewish and Gentile Be-Livers of the " Way, Trueth, Life ". __ humbly, neighbour daniel __ p.s. thanks for increasing knowledge in this our troubled time .
Bishops did not wear mitres. Mitres appeared by 9th century. The vestments were the "3-piece business suits" of the 8th century worn at Emperor's courts.
For a complete academic tome of the Church councils read the dense and heady book, The First Seven Ecumenicals Councils by Leo Donald Davis. Its my favorite book!
In conclusion, we the Christians need to reclaim Turkey, because it was once known as Constantinople - a Christian country, before it became a Muslim country.
@RonnieStout-s4y ah OK. May I know how you think God made it clear which books he wanted to be in the Bible? Cos for the first 4 centuries there was no consensus. For example Revelations was not regarded as Scripture by some
It should have been said 312 AD!! A.I. or no A.I., they are NOT that intelligence or intellectual or even that intelligent to know any better! Like MD aren't really a Medical Doctor as they say they are! Them MD don't know any further about what the problem IS or what the problem WAS !! Most Doctor(s) don't know shit to begin with!! No wonder all patients are beginning to wonder about their Doctor at first! It's sort of the same way where the A.I. comes into play where they think A.I. really meant that they are really ABOVE INTELLIGENCE OR INTELLECTUAL in being a historian(s), or Mathematicains, or even a Scientist?
'Catholic' doesn't clearly refer to the Roman Catholic Church itself. It's a way of believing that everything comes universal under the Lord Almighty. But down the time people wrongly believed that Catholic in belief and Catholic Church refers to the same.
True. Christianity was established to be outside temporal rule. However after the near destruction of Eastern Christianity, which has suffered the worst persecutions, from then on rose with protection from its temporal rulers. This effective protection ended with the conquest by Muslims, the Ottoman empire, awful conquest and ongoing persecution of remaining Christians, the horrendous staking of Hagia Sophia.
This video is a great example of exactly how man-made this religion is. It's amazing to me that Christians don't see that it was People coming together and "agreeing" on theology that propped up this belief system. There was no god here; it was men making decisions on what others must believe in order to participate in this religion.
@@RonnieStout-s4y I was a Christian for 40-some years. I was taught God is not corporeal, so how could there be evidence of him in my face? I don't worship science. Despite what theists say, we humans do not need a god. You worship a creation of man's mind. I value science, because the scientific method uses testing and verification. There is no verification with a god. Science loves to be proved wrong, because when one is shown to be wrong, that person has learned something. Theists are not interested in learning anything new about their world and universe... only about made-up things about their made-up god.
Jesus told men to go out to all the world and tell the Good News. Christianity is a man -made religion, a God-Man made religion. Jesus died and ascended to Heaven and promised His chosen men He would be with them alway til the end of the ages. He and the Father sent their Holy Spirit to guide these men to work with weak flesh and blood men and sinners to continue Jesus’ mission in the world. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.
The AI seems unable to count up to 300 judging from the numbers of priests shown as attending the Nicene Council. Thousands are shown in the AI generated movies. The scale of the building in which they convened is also out of touch with reality.
The Arian heresy continued after Constantine for a few centuries until Christian Orthodoxy prevailed. The Nicean Creed later included the filioque "and the Son" to maintain the Biblical and original Catholic theologically accurate understanding of the Sons relationship to the Father. Early Church Father have always understood this and thus wrote about it. It was never as the Eastern Othodox claim to be a new idea added a thousand Years later.
@funkfamily4165 - get your facts right! The Council of Nicaea addressed something that as not really funny, and not about anything about the Bible, the canon of which has not yet existed at that time. (The Bible existed only in AD 382 and 387 when the Bishop of Rome defined the official list of 72 books and the Council of Carthage ratified it.) The Council of Nicaea was about the Orthodoxy or Correct Doctrine of the Universal Church that the Church Fathers were fighting for: i.e. the integrity of the Holy Trinity that Jesus Christ was of the same substance as the Father and was there even before the beginning of the world, begotten and NOT made. The early Church did not find this issue funny at all, in fact, the Pope of Alexandria of the Coptic Church reacted so strongly along with his priest, Athanasius against the erroneous new doctrine of Arius that teaches that Jesus was of an inferior deity, created, an inferior of substance to the Father. Also, NOTE very well that the Bible was NEVER the basis of Faith during Apostolic times. In fact, the Apostles never went about their preaching like some Bible-strutting preachers as they spread the Faith of the Good News and the infant Church spread and grew.
Interesting that neither the Nicene nor Apostolic creeds say anything much at all about Jesus' teachings, his miracles, his mission, or the contents of the New Testament, except only indirectly and compendiously.
Look at an Orthodox site. Orthodoxy has continued with the Nicene Creed since then although Arian emperors followed after Constantines family . This site is not a real historical site or theological , I think . and is aimed at first year students at U S Colleges it seems IMHO
@martingroewnwold Isaiah 44:6 “Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.” Jesus Christ is My God I worship Him !
These were well versed clerics creating a schism over that which is,in essence, unknowable. The resultant political instability was something Constantine, the Emperor, could not tolerate. The Nicene Creed then is a largely political pronouncement and Constantine would provide the muscle to quell the bickering. The Lord moves in mysterious ways surely, but I wonder what truths in the Apochrypha were irrevocably lost in the interest of Rome
@@NP-vk8de the Cornerstone for Christianity IS JESUS CHRIST! How strange that so many except the Writings & proclamations of Men & Councils that perverted history, persecuted those that simply followed & obeyed the teachings of Christ & followed the Disciples that had directly received Christ Words. All those who Experience His infilling of His Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. These followers were Excluded & persecuted from the councils of mere Men, who then went on to assume god like authority over most of the western world up to this very day. Preventing the masses from reading Holy Scripture for themselves, murdering those who gave all to make Holy Scripture available to us all. These mere men created doctrines of men to Control the masses through daily, weekly mass, & instituting confessions, indulgences & so many others that put humanity in gross darkness for centuries. YET through all this, there has always been & forever will be those that humble seek with their whole heart and Find TRUTH directly from God's Holy Word & Christ Holy Ghost indwelling in them. Being obedient to baptism ( immersion) in Jesus Name. Receiving an authentic experience just like the new creation, New Birth experience at Pentecost! Holiness inside out, overcoming man's government to live... Truly live FREE! generation passed & this Holy Spirit drove men to seek Freedom to the last unexplored continents establishing such free democratic Republics opening the way for such mighty outpourings to all the people's of the world today. No, there is no longer a controlling perverted, & compromising unholy catholic dominion any longer. There IS & forever will be a True FREE Church of Jesus Christ, world without end!
We know about the event at Pentecost,because someone was inspired to write it down. That's also why we have the reference point from which to judge the Nicene council, the Inspiration of the New Testament Scriptures, by which we conclude that the Nicene Creed is Good
@katherineking3174 ---> The Council was called because there were heretics in the religious world (mostly guys such as Arius in Alexandria) that cooked-up bad ideas because they did NOT really believe what Holy writ says about The Lord Jesus Christ. If you read Acts and the Epistles you will see that there were heretics and false teachers alive and talking in the 1st Century AD. The Emperor Constantine rightly was concerned. Things had gotten worse by the early 300's because someone who was influenced by the wretched "Gnostics" did not like / would not accept that God could be in human flesh. Gnostics taught that Spirit is good.... flesh is bad. So in their warped and unlearned minds Jesus could not have been part of the Godhead seen in Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:26 ...And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: ....see also verses 27! Then turn over to John chapter 8, verse57 and 58. Jesus plainly said that Before Abraham was, I am. Heretic Arius and his pals obviously had never read Genesis chapter 1, nor John 8:57, 58. Love is a wonderful thing, but you better NOT be loving the wolves that are trying to destroy the sheep. Arius' bad thinking is followed today (since the late 1800's) by the Dawn Bible students (now called The Jehovah's Witnesses of the Watchtower. Arianism was condemned at the Council of Nicaea, but sadly the heretics were not imprisoned or executed.
The following is what Jesus Himself said about disputes concerning doctrine. Matthew 13:25-30 (NASB 2020) 25 But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and left. 26 And when the wheat sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also became evident. 27 And the slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ 28 And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No; while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ” This "Council" was a dispute about doctrine sitting before a pagan Emporer. Political power was used against the party that lost the "trial." This whole Council and all the subsequent ones are all Catholic disputes about Catholic doctrine. John Calvin was no better. It cannot possible be of the Lord to put to death other Christians because they don't bow the knee before your theology. That fact is clearly stated by the Lord Himself in Matthew 13. 1 Corinthians 6:4-6 (NASB 2020) 4 So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church? 5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you anyone wise who will be able to decide between his brothers and sisters, 6 but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?
1.700 godina nakon sabora i danas, Bogu hvala, molimo: Nicejsko-carigradsko vjerovanje Vjerujem u jednoga Boga, Oca Svemogućega, Stvoritelja neba i zemlje, svega vidljivoga i nevidljivoga. I u jednoga Gospodina Isusa Krista, jedinorođenoga Sina Božjega. Rođenog od Oca prije svih vjekova. Boga od Boga, svjetlo od svjetla, pravoga Boga od pravoga Boga. Rođena, ne stvorena, istobitna s Ocem, po kome je sve stvoreno. Koji je radi nas ljudi i radi našega spasenja sišao s nebesa. I utjelovio se po Duhu Svetom od Marije Djevice: i postao čovjekom. Raspet također za nas: pod Poncijem Pilatom mučen i pokopan. I uskrsnuo treći dan, po Svetom Pismu. I uzašao na nebo: sjedi s desne Ocu. I opet će doći u slavi suditi žive i mrtve, i njegovu kraljevstvu neće biti kraja. I u Duha Svetoga, Gospodina i životvorca; koji izlazi od Oca i Sina. Koji se s Ocem i Sinom skupa časti i zajedno slavi; koji je govorio po prorocima. I u jednu svetu katoličku i apostolsku Crkvu. Ispovijedam jedno krštenje za oproštenje grijeha. I iščekujem uskrsnuće mrtvih. I život budućega vijeka. Amen.
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina. I am Croatian and Catholic. In this area, there are remains of early Christian basilicas from the 5th/6th century. Regardless of many wars and conquerors, we still believe "...in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church..."
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f Romans 15:19-21 19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” (Illyricum)
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f Romans 15: 19-21 19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” (At that time it was called Illyricum).
I too enjoyed your presentation very much. It's been 1,699 years since the Nicene Creed, and we can all read the Bible for ourselves, Jesus declared that his father was greater than he was. John 14:28, and who did Jesus pray too? when Jesus said"OUR father you are in heaven holy is your NAME". Matthew 6:9-13 the Aryans were right Jesus is the son of God not Almighty God, and sits at the right hand of God(Jehovah).. Hebrews 10: 12-13
excellent narration, but the music is like sitting down at movie theater that drowns out the words. I’ll keep checking every month or so but man, these producers would boost their reach if they could produce an intelligible product for those that want to learn something. turn the music on, low, at transitions, and then dial it down to nothing and speak. There are other podcasts that can show how it’s done.
I believe that John with revelation finishes the Word, being it is the future testimony of Jesus!!! Several places in scripture that the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world!!! This really shows a lack of biblical knowledge!!!
an important event happened and it’s hard to wrap our heads around and the images help put it in our minds. Exactly correct? No!probably not even close. But you and I are on here commenting so it’s a win for the creator of the video
1. Hebrews 1:5 tells us that Jesus was begotten by His Father. Did He beget Himself? 2. In Matthew 22:44, the Father said Jesus would sit at His right hand until His enemies were made His footstool. Was Jesus to sit at His own right hand? 3. In Matthew 24:36, when Jesus told His disciples that no one knows the day or hour of His return but the Father only, did He really know but made up an excuse to not tell them? 4. In John 14:28, Jesus said His Father was greater than He was. Does this mean He was greater than Himself? 5. In John 17:1, Jesus prayed to His Father. Was He praying to Himself? 6. In Matthew 27:46, Jesus cried out, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?" Had He forsaken Himself? 7. In John 20:17, Jesus said He would ascend to the Father after His resurrection. Did He ascend to Himself? These and many other biblical passages demonstrate to a rational Bible reader that the Trinity teaching is not only unbiblical, but also utterly illogical
WRONG! Constantine did not become a Christian by AD316 as stated in this video. He did not call for the Σύνοδος τῆς Νικαίας (Synodos tes Nikaia) or the Council of Nikaia or Nicaea because he wanted any Christian unity. His only role was to sponsor the Nicaean Council in the same way as he sponsored pagan temples and gatherings. Having just established his empire in Byzantium, he was playing a political balancing act with pagans and Christians alike in the service of the Pax Romana. His first act was to co-sponsor the Edictum Mediolanense AD 313 (Edict of Milan) with his co-emperor Licinius in order to decriminalize Christianity in pursuit of the Roman Peace. He had a Christian adviser, a priest of the Byzantine Church Eusebius of Nicomedia who was a supporter of the heretic priest Arius and his teaching that Christ was a created being, not begotten of the Father, ergo an inferior deity. Arius was refuted by the Coptic Pope of Alexandria, Alexander who called up a local council with participating bishops from Egypt who excommunicated Arius. Eusebius, being sympathetic to Arius, referred the matter to Constantine who sent a letter to both Alexander and Arius to settle their dispute and reconcile, and volunteered to sponsor the council that deposed and anathemized Arius and his followers. Despite the pleadings of his saintly mother, Helena, Constantine continued his frivolous life while supporting both Christians and pagans. It was only some few hours before his death that Constantine received Baptism from Eusebius of Nicomedia. So technically, he was baptized a Byzantine Catholic, not a Roman Catholic - being a resident of Byzantium and baptized by a Byzantine priest in 22 May 337.
This sounds accurate to me. Can you please cite your sources? I remember hearing elsewhere that Constantine was only baptised hours before his death and that many bishops regarded Constantine as meddlesome in Church affairs, for his own personal advantage. Further, Constantine erred on the side of Arianism.
@@OzCrusader You are right that Constantine "meddled" in some Church affairs for his advantage, i.e. for mere political popularity. But having been raised in a pagan background, he never meddled with their doctrines and practices. While the Council of Nicaea was about the Divine Nature of Christ, he attended only its first session, was given a place of honor, but never more appeared having no knowledge of what they were talking about. Yes, he built some of their Churches and donated basilicas to be used as their Churches, most probably to please her Christian mother, Helena. It is highly possible that he adapted Arianism, having been taught by Arius' friend, Eusebius of Nicomedia, his close adviser.
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f Your history is way out of line. Constantine had an advisor, christian bishop, Hossius of Cordoba, since the time he became emperor. It's very provable, almost certain the he received a baptism in secret at the same time.
@@Nepoznat811 - Bishop Hosius of Cordoba was never a close-in adviser to Constantine. It has always been the Byzantine priest, Eusebius of Nicomedia who was instrumental in soliciting the support of Constantine in hosting the Council at Nikaia or Nicene for the sake of his heretic friend Arius, the promoter of the heresy that erroneously taught that Jesus was a created deity, inferior to the Father. Constantine's home and imperial palace was situated in Constantinople, Byzantium (present day Istanbul), where the Church who had jurisdiction was the Byzantine Catholic Church that St Andrew founded. Hence it makes more sense to engage a Byzantine priest in Eusebius as the "chaplain" for his Legions rather than a priest of the Latin Church in Hosius of Cordoba. This Cordovan bishop was instrumental though in presiding over the Nicaean Council with Pope Alexander of the Coptic Church of Egypt which concluded with the deposition and exile of Arius away from Constantinople. Eusebius was there until his deathbed, administering the Mystery of Baptism to the dying emperor. Eusebius in fact succeeded Arius as the Patriarch of Constantinople and tried to influence the successor emperor Constantius II to pressure Hosius to withdraw support of the Coptic Patriarch Athanasius. But orthodoxy gave him the fortitude and courage to oppose his imperial interference into Church affairs which brought him to exile to Sirmium (Serbia). I understand it has been a futile effort among some evangelicals to twist the history on Constantine in order to attribute to him the foundation of the Roman Catholic Church. Too bad! He was no Roman Catholic even if he was a Roman citizen. He was de facto a Byzantine Catholic just a few hours before he passed away, as baptized by a heretic Byzantine priest, Eusebius of Nicomedia.
Three hundred years after an event, a group of men came together to decide what actually happened. If you read The Nicene Creed as an outsider you won't believe what is required of these people to gain "salvation". Salvation is forever praising and worshiping a monster who loves you.
No, the Councils occurred as theological questions either popped up or were needed to be resolved. The Church already had a set of beliefs, a vibrant liturgy and a structured church by then. All you have to do is consult St. Ignatius of Antioch.
The main issue that the Council of Nicaea tackled was not about gaining salvation and not about any man deciding what happened. The Catholic Churches at that time already had defined sets of doctrines like the Incarnation, the Hypostatic Union, the Eucharist, the Theotokos, the Mysteries or Sacraments. The Councils were convoked in many cases to affirm and confirm what the Church already believed and to condemn any contravening heresy or teaching, in this case against what Arius was teaching that Jesus' deity was inferior, created, and was not of the same substance as the Father. The issue was about the orthodoxy of Faith, not about salvation or soteriology - and that was why the Creed or Symbol of Faith of Nicaea was formulated. The issue was raised by the Pope of Alexandria of the Coptic Church that St Mark founded, and was supported by the Byzantine and Roman Churches. Constantine merely sponsored the Council in the same manner as he was sponsoring pagan temples during his reign as the Roman Emperor of Byzantium and did not mess around with the related theological debates in the Council. It was not merely a group of men, but men who inherited the Apostolic Office (which the NT calls the ἐπισκοπὴν (episkopen Acts 1.20) where the word ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos 1 Tim 3.2) that Paul used came from. The Greek Episkopos in English is Bishop, Vescovo in Italiano, Obispo en Espanol. Paul ordained his ward Timothy into the episcopacy which clearly was the Apostolic Office. Paul, like the other Apostles, had to pass on their office considering their mortality for the continuity of the pastoral care of the Church that Jesus Christ mandated to his Apostles, NOT to the Bible.
Well it seems you have this whole history so concisely reported as if you were there. One huge event you left out of your report is the miracle that Saint Spyridon did in front of them all that proved Arius wrong. You might want to study up on some real Church History from the Orthodox archives there, Slick.
You are right! But not everyone has that same set of characters as you do. Since NIKÆA was a Greek-speaking region, NOT turkish-speaking, NOT arabic-speaking region, I always initially call it Σύνοδος τῆς Νικαίας, (Sýnodos tês Nikaías). But I cannot blame others either if they cannot post in Greek.
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f, Thank you. Œcumenical comes from Greek oikos or οίκος. It means unity, alternatively a family unit, and in a derived sense, a house. This word in turn is derived from Proto-Indo-European.
To: Theology Academy: The video was well made visually ...(I still use stick figure drawings myself 😉), but you really need to use proper terminology. B.C. = Before Christ. A.D. --> Anno Domini --> in the Year of our Lord Jesus Christ. Everything revolves around The Lord Jesus Christ! Arius and his pals sadly carry on their heresy via the Jehovah's Witnesses organization (The Watchtower Bible & Tract society) People that are ignorant of Genesis 1:26 and John 8:57,58 will fall for much heresy.
The first apostasy foretold in 2 Thess 2:3 Let no one lead you astray* in any way, because it will not come unless the apostasy+ comes first and the man of lawlessness+ gets revealed, the son of destruction.+
Your production is great. I might not agree with everything you say but it's very thought-provoking and I love this genre of thinking. Iron sharpens iron. Be blessed.
Excellent animation and music. I like to see more videos with this typ of presentation. Thanks.
I just now happened upon your site. Knowing the early history of the Church is so important. Excellent explanation! And I love the pictures.
Praises to our Lord. Thank you men of God for these educational, spiritual edifying videos. The church from ADs to end times. God bless all of you. MARANATHA!
Good content but why do you use CE to define years. As a Christian you should use AD
Yes !!!!
The irony of this video using "CE" instead of "AD" to refer to the history of the Church is astounding.
CE is hate speech.
It's anathema
@@rampage241 No-it’s abominable.
I think the reason behind the use of CE instead of AD is at that time Gregorian Calendar has not been in place. Just guessing here.
@@nelineyatana3697 CE is a trash term cooked-up by unbelievers and modernists that HATE The King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Anno Domini ---> in the Year of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is now Anno Domini 2,024. NEVER use CE "Theology Central" !!!! B.C. = Before Christ. All time is measured about the Messiah.
I love history and your channel satisfies that love.
This is insightful and very, very educative. I am waiting for more of these. Thank you so much. ❤
Excelent. Thank you very much. Good work.
Great video.
Great video! ☦️
Please do more of these, for maybe for the first six or seven ecumenical councils at least
Praises to our Lord. Thank you men of God for these educational n spiritual edification videos. Church.. from ADs to end times God bless all of you. Maranatha!
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I don’t know why people don’t want these done with AI…. clearly they have strong reasons for it. But I think this work is beautiful. I am one of Jehovah’s Witness’s and I’m doing some deep personal study on all of the belief flashpoints of the Catholic Church. This has been very helpful in Church history, thank you.
@@shellieschulze5308 thats great, If u need any help, feel free to ask.
Constantine had no strong opinion on the doctrinal issues. His wife was a follower of Arius but the main thing Constantine wanted was a unified position on what a Christian believed. As the Emperor he was tired of the various Bishops and believers coming to him and complaining about others with different beliefs. While Constantine did not voice an opinion he informed the attendees they could not leave without coming to a consensus and that it must be written down and made available throughout the Empire. This is how we came to have the Nicaean Creed. The Nicaean Creed became such a foundational part of the Christian Church that when the Church in Rome altered it in 1054 to add that the Holy Spirt came from the Father and Son ( it originally said the Spirit came from just the Father) the Eastern Church split from Rome because they contended the Council was inspired by God and changing the wording was contradicting God!
The Nicene Creed is garbage just like the churches that approved it.
Most educational.
Thank you.
Am looking forward to the next videos.
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indeed insightful and.interesting....thank you
I would implore Theology Academy to use the Christian terms BC and AD. To cave in to the secular use of CE and BCE is a bad example.
Even the atheist Neil deGrasse Tyson says it's stupid to change it.
Facts 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Yes I agree church denominations should have rejected this
BCE and CE are more accurate, Jesus was born in 2 BC, that's two years "Before Christ" which makes no sense.
The creed spelt out the true faith of the Catholic Church!
Yes, the "universal church", not the Roman Catholic church that not long after the 6th century began a slid into heresy.
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Catholic means Universal.
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May be so but it was not universal. Many Christians refused to join a Stste/Church
@@rmp7400so how does Roman fit in there
@@rmp7400 Universal means pagan.
After the listing of five distinct points of view, quite frankly, the Summary Doctrinal statement would seem quite impossible 😢 but apparently they succeeded. To be sure the salt and the light kept them going for another 200 years
'And the world wondered after the beast whose deadly wound was healed '
And the different opinions and Biblical interpretations continue to this very day. Finite minds cannot, put an infinite God in whom we live and have our being in a theological box. All we asked to do is follow the WAY Jesus showed us. To love God the reason for everything and love one another. Sadly we fall short on both counts. Thank God Jesus on the cross reconcilled a fallen creation with its creator. If not fully in this age than with much remorse and regret on our behalf in the age to come. But then again only one conviction within Christianity. Faith Hope LOVE these three but LOVE most of all. After all that is the very nature of God.
AMEN, Bruv.
What you say is true, but in a limited way. There are theological truths that the early Church held that both Martin Luther, Zwingli and Calvin denied. Do I go with new theories originating in the 16th century or do I stick with the Apostolic fathers (late 1st and 2nd century)
different opinions and interpretations is because of heretics who denie the early church and their councils and core beliefs, which is why Sola Scriptura is is faulty and leads to thousands of different denominations when you let anyone intepret the bible any way they feel without relying on the council of the church
@@TheMenghi1 Name a few such theological truths, please.
@@WatchList-xf8ic --Baptism as regenerative, Holy Eucharist as truly the substance of Christ, Holy Trinity, Christ as true God and man, a visible church as opposed to a church of believers.
The father and I are one! Before Abraham was I am.
You am what? Too bad you don't understand that Scripture correctly.
I just found your channel, really like the content and quality.....except for the music, it's just distracting, and if you're hearing challenged it makes it really hard to follow the dialog.
Yep. The music needs to be gone. Either talk or make play tunes, but not both!
It is very instructional how man separated himself from GOD
The reference to Socrates is puzzling, particularly since he lived and did his work several hundred years prior to the council of Nicaea. While the number of bishops in attendance of 250 to 300 is likely very accurate… the video I think made it seem like the council was more fully ecumenical than it really was. While the bishops and attendance came from a broad swot of the eastern Empire, only three or four bishops came from the west.
Maybe a different Socrates!
@@gilberturesti338 You are correct. Who knew? Evidently Socrates of Constantinople was a 4th Century AD historian.
Different Socrates. Not everyone named William is the same person 🙄
@@suzannederringer1607thank you.
Good Today ! __ " Jesus the Christ of GOD ", a simple trueth easily found in the early Writtings of the Jewish and Gentile Be-Livers of the " Way, Trueth, Life ". __ humbly, neighbour daniel __ p.s. thanks for increasing knowledge in this our troubled time .
⚔️No last names until the 11th century: Jesus the Christ. 🛡️
Bishops did not wear mitres. Mitres appeared by 9th century. The vestments were the "3-piece business suits" of the 8th century worn at Emperor's courts.
Nice information but Dont like the new full AI, previous upload was fantastic, what happened
I enjoyed the video and learned some stuff, although I don't fully support the creeds
Well done. I'm curious what kind of AI program was used to create the animation.
For a complete academic tome of the Church councils read the dense and heady book, The First Seven Ecumenicals Councils by Leo Donald Davis. Its my favorite book!
In conclusion, we the Christians need to reclaim Turkey, because it was once known as Constantinople - a Christian country, before it became a Muslim country.
Timely video since we will be commemorating Nicaea next year. From the comments, sounds like there are different perspectives of what happened
@Mikhael1964 Peut-être?
Thank GOD HE & HE alone canonized HIS inspired Word. No more councils, no more Pharisees required, we live by HIS Word only, Solas Scriptura!
@RJ-ce6si you are quite aware that God works through His Church right? There was no angel that appeared and delivered the 73 books.
@@adrianng2280Yes but not thru your instution of the Roman religion
@RonnieStout-s4y ah OK. May I know how you think God made it clear which books he wanted to be in the Bible? Cos for the first 4 centuries there was no consensus. For example Revelations was not regarded as Scripture by some
Very nice...
No pun intended, "one holy Catholic Church" , that's funny.
There is much in the visuals that is anachronistic and in error. Otherwise, this is a good explanation.
What about how they change the formula for baptism from Jesus name to father, son, and Holy Ghost when people are baptize
The Emperor Constantine called the council in his role of "Supreme Pontiff". Today, the Bishop of Rome calls himself the "Supreme Pontiff".
It's a pagan title for a leader of a pagan church.
Why on earth would you use the secular CE for dating? 312 CE? Not 312 AD?
Because the entire production was created by A.I
Anno Domini… always suspect if not used🙏🏽
It should have been said 312 AD!!
A.I. or no A.I., they are NOT that intelligence or intellectual or even that intelligent to know any better! Like MD aren't really a Medical Doctor as they say they are! Them MD don't know any further about what the problem IS or what the problem WAS !! Most Doctor(s) don't know shit to begin with!! No wonder all patients are beginning to wonder about their Doctor at first!
It's sort of the same way where the A.I. comes into play where they think A.I. really meant that they are really ABOVE INTELLIGENCE OR INTELLECTUAL in being a historian(s), or Mathematicains, or even a Scientist?
Presentation good but music way toooooo loud
Pagen Leaders were also present!
I'm not sure about that because he was baptized at death.
'Catholic' doesn't clearly refer to the Roman Catholic Church itself. It's a way of believing that everything comes universal under the Lord Almighty. But down the time people wrongly believed that Catholic in belief and Catholic Church refers to the same.
Lose the music.
Music is so annoying!!
I second the motion!
here here!!!!!
Don’t like annoying music in background music
It's too loud in the audio track.
Very annoying.
Constantine's goal was peace & unity in his kingdom. He had nothing to do with the doctrine. He was not a theologian.
One of the biggest, most easily refutable lies. You could properly research this question and find the truth, but you enjoy your throne of lies.
Stating that Constantine was not a theologian is like stating that two plus two equals 4 :-).
True.
Christianity was established to be outside temporal rule.
However after the near destruction of Eastern Christianity, which has suffered the worst persecutions, from then on rose with protection from its temporal rulers.
This effective protection ended with the conquest by Muslims, the Ottoman empire, awful conquest and ongoing persecution of remaining Christians, the horrendous staking of Hagia Sophia.
@@alexanderh2345 what exactly was the lie of @lukemarktheology8005 ?
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f That he had nothing to do with the doctrine.
"In This Sign+... Conquer"
How do yall make theee videos
If the bible was clear ,would never needed this council,….and untold controversy since !
They discredited Biblical truths and hybrided with Roman pagan doctrines
There were such Christian temple in 325 AD. Sophia in Istanbul was build many years later.
New book - “Promise and Hope: Good News of God’s Anointed One”
This video is a great example of exactly how man-made this religion is. It's amazing to me that Christians don't see that it was People coming together and "agreeing" on theology that propped up this belief system. There was no god here; it was men making decisions on what others must believe in order to participate in this religion.
Yet evidence of GOD is in your face but you turn to your god - Science
@@RonnieStout-s4y I was a Christian for 40-some years. I was taught God is not corporeal, so how could there be evidence of him in my face? I don't worship science. Despite what theists say, we humans do not need a god. You worship a creation of man's mind. I value science, because the scientific method uses testing and verification. There is no verification with a god. Science loves to be proved wrong, because when one is shown to be wrong, that person has learned something. Theists are not interested in learning anything new about their world and universe... only about made-up things about their made-up god.
And yet it has persevered for over two thousand years…
Jesus told men to go out to all the world and tell the Good News. Christianity is a man -made religion, a God-Man made religion. Jesus died and ascended to Heaven and promised His chosen men He would be with them alway til the end of the ages. He and the Father sent their Holy Spirit to guide these men to work with weak flesh and blood men and sinners to continue Jesus’ mission in the world. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.
@@RonnieStout-s4y Science is not a god.
Who in their right mind thought that bishops at that time dressed like medieval cardinals?
The AI seems unable to count up to 300 judging from the numbers of priests shown as attending the Nicene Council. Thousands are shown in the AI generated movies. The scale of the building in which they convened is also out of touch with reality.
Why didn’t God show up at this important gig to help solve the problems
Because it was not truly Christian, it was more pagan than Christian.
Which Socrates said, that there were 300 church leaders in the council? You mention him in the begining.
Socrates of Constantinople
Intetesting subject, very informative, but plesse, stop the music.
Fantastic, wonderful truly a work inspired by the Holy Spirit. Thank you.
the aislop is strong in this one
What's the purpose of the keyboard sounds in the background?
This is a good subject but the background noise is annoying.
The Arian heresy continued after Constantine for a few centuries until Christian Orthodoxy prevailed. The Nicean Creed later included the filioque "and the Son" to maintain the Biblical and original Catholic theologically accurate understanding of the Sons relationship to the Father. Early Church Father have always understood this and thus wrote about it. It was never as the Eastern Othodox claim to be a new idea added a thousand Years later.
@funkfamily4165 - get your facts right! The Council of Nicaea addressed something that as not really funny, and not about anything about the Bible, the canon of which has not yet existed at that time. (The Bible existed only in AD 382 and 387 when the Bishop of Rome defined the official list of 72 books and the Council of Carthage ratified it.) The Council of Nicaea was about the Orthodoxy or Correct Doctrine of the Universal Church that the Church Fathers were fighting for: i.e. the integrity of the Holy Trinity that Jesus Christ was of the same substance as the Father and was there even before the beginning of the world, begotten and NOT made. The early Church did not find this issue funny at all, in fact, the Pope of Alexandria of the Coptic Church reacted so strongly along with his priest, Athanasius against the erroneous new doctrine of Arius that teaches that Jesus was of an inferior deity, created, an inferior of substance to the Father. Also, NOTE very well that the Bible was NEVER the basis of Faith during Apostolic times. In fact, the Apostles never went about their preaching like some Bible-strutting preachers as they spread the Faith of the Good News and the infant Church spread and grew.
It didn't take them long to become apostate. 300 years and a new religion was born.
Interesting that neither the Nicene nor Apostolic creeds say anything much at all about Jesus' teachings, his miracles, his mission, or the contents of the New Testament, except only indirectly and compendiously.
The Bible says that, why do they need to repeat it?
@@Nepoznat811
Does that mean the Nicene creed is only to state what is not in the Bible?
Look at an Orthodox site. Orthodoxy has continued with the Nicene Creed since then although Arian emperors followed after Constantines family . This site is not a real historical site or theological , I think . and is aimed at first year students at U S Colleges it seems IMHO
Sources here incorrect.
Why didn't you state the entire Nicene creed?
If I know correctly, in this time, Nicaean Creed wasn't completely. The creed was complety after the VII Ecumenic Counciel
@11:20 Christianity by consensus?
God says “I Am Who I Am”… and a bunch of men in robes sa “Nah. We define who you are. “
@martingroewnwold
Isaiah 44:6
“Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.” Jesus Christ is My God I worship Him !
The ole “conservatives weren’t as educated” line. Enough
I know. What a bunch of baloney.
Pope Sylvester did not attend the Council, according to this video, because of his very advanced age. He was 39.
Turn down the music
These were well versed clerics creating a schism over that which is,in essence, unknowable. The resultant political instability was something Constantine, the Emperor, could not tolerate. The Nicene Creed then is a largely political pronouncement and Constantine would provide the muscle to quell the bickering. The Lord moves in mysterious ways surely, but I wonder what truths in the Apochrypha were irrevocably lost in the interest of Rome
Dont put you faith in men of any wra or council. Trust the Scriptures. In them we are "throughly furnished."
Nicea was not greater than the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2. Such blasphemy!
The giving of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost IS far more important than the council!!!
You have a valid point, but the Nicene creed was a cornerstone for Christianity. ✝️
@@NP-vk8de the Cornerstone for Christianity IS JESUS CHRIST!
How strange that so many except the Writings & proclamations of Men & Councils that perverted history, persecuted those that simply followed & obeyed the teachings of Christ & followed the Disciples that had directly received Christ Words. All those who Experience His infilling of His Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost.
These followers were Excluded & persecuted from the councils of mere Men, who then went on to assume god like authority over most of the western world up to this very day. Preventing the masses from reading Holy Scripture for themselves, murdering those who gave all to make Holy Scripture available to us all. These mere men created doctrines of men to Control the masses through daily, weekly mass, & instituting confessions, indulgences & so many others that put humanity in gross darkness for centuries.
YET through all this, there has always been & forever will be those that humble seek with their whole heart and Find TRUTH directly from God's Holy Word & Christ Holy Ghost indwelling in them. Being obedient to baptism ( immersion) in Jesus Name. Receiving an authentic experience just like the new creation, New Birth experience at Pentecost! Holiness inside out, overcoming man's government to live... Truly live FREE! generation passed & this Holy Spirit drove men to seek Freedom to the last unexplored continents establishing such free democratic Republics opening the way for such mighty outpourings to all the people's of the world today.
No, there is no longer a controlling perverted, & compromising unholy catholic dominion any longer. There IS & forever will be a True FREE Church of Jesus Christ, world without end!
We know about the event at Pentecost,because someone was inspired to write it down.
That's also why we have the reference point from which to judge the Nicene council, the Inspiration of the New Testament Scriptures, by which we conclude that the Nicene Creed is Good
@katherineking3174 ---> The Council was called because there were heretics in the religious world (mostly guys such as Arius in Alexandria) that cooked-up bad ideas because they did NOT really believe what Holy writ says about The Lord Jesus Christ. If you read Acts and the Epistles you will see that there were heretics and false teachers alive and talking in the 1st Century AD. The Emperor Constantine rightly was concerned.
Things had gotten worse by the early 300's because someone who was influenced by the wretched "Gnostics" did not like / would not accept that God could be in human flesh. Gnostics taught that Spirit is good.... flesh is bad. So in their warped and unlearned minds Jesus could not have been part of the Godhead seen in Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:26
...And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: ....see also verses 27! Then turn over to John chapter 8, verse57 and 58. Jesus plainly said that Before Abraham was, I am. Heretic Arius and his pals obviously had never read Genesis chapter 1, nor John 8:57, 58.
Love is a wonderful thing, but you better NOT be loving the wolves that are trying to destroy the sheep. Arius' bad thinking is followed today (since the late 1800's) by the Dawn Bible students (now called The Jehovah's Witnesses of the Watchtower. Arianism was condemned at the Council of Nicaea, but sadly the heretics were not imprisoned or executed.
The following is what Jesus Himself said about disputes concerning doctrine.
Matthew 13:25-30 (NASB 2020)
25 But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and left. 26 And when the wheat sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also became evident. 27 And the slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ 28 And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No; while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
This "Council" was a dispute about doctrine sitting before a pagan Emporer. Political power was used against the party that lost the "trial." This whole Council and all the subsequent ones are all Catholic disputes about Catholic doctrine. John Calvin was no better. It cannot possible be of the Lord to put to death other Christians because they don't bow the knee before your theology. That fact is clearly stated by the Lord Himself in Matthew 13.
1 Corinthians 6:4-6 (NASB 2020)
4 So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church? 5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you anyone wise who will be able to decide between his brothers and sisters, 6 but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?
What a downgrade from the previous episode! 👎
1.700 godina nakon sabora i danas, Bogu hvala, molimo:
Nicejsko-carigradsko vjerovanje
Vjerujem u jednoga Boga, Oca Svemogućega, Stvoritelja neba i zemlje, svega vidljivoga i nevidljivoga.
I u jednoga Gospodina Isusa Krista, jedinorođenoga Sina Božjega. Rođenog od Oca prije svih vjekova. Boga od Boga, svjetlo od svjetla, pravoga Boga od pravoga Boga. Rođena, ne stvorena, istobitna s Ocem, po kome je sve stvoreno. Koji je radi nas ljudi i radi našega spasenja sišao s nebesa. I utjelovio se po Duhu Svetom od Marije Djevice: i postao čovjekom. Raspet također za nas: pod Poncijem Pilatom mučen i pokopan. I uskrsnuo treći dan, po Svetom Pismu. I uzašao na nebo: sjedi s desne Ocu. I opet će doći u slavi suditi žive i mrtve, i njegovu kraljevstvu neće biti kraja.
I u Duha Svetoga, Gospodina i životvorca; koji izlazi od Oca i Sina. Koji se s Ocem i Sinom skupa časti i zajedno slavi; koji je govorio po prorocima.
I u jednu svetu katoličku i apostolsku Crkvu. Ispovijedam jedno krštenje za oproštenje grijeha. I iščekujem uskrsnuće mrtvih. I život budućega vijeka. Amen.
Thanks for posting the Symbol of Faith of Nicaea. What Language was that? To what Church do you belong?
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina. I am Croatian and Catholic.
In this area, there are remains of early Christian basilicas from the 5th/6th century. Regardless of many wars and conquerors, we still believe "...in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church..."
@@ruzicaudovicic5802 - Thank you, and God bless you!
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f
Romans 15:19-21
19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
(Illyricum)
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f
Romans 15: 19-21
19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”
(At that time it was called Illyricum).
I too enjoyed your presentation very much. It's been 1,699 years since the Nicene Creed, and we can all read the Bible for ourselves, Jesus declared that his father was greater than he was. John 14:28, and who did Jesus pray too? when Jesus said"OUR father you are in heaven holy is your NAME". Matthew 6:9-13 the Aryans were right Jesus is the son of God not Almighty God, and sits at the right hand of God(Jehovah).. Hebrews 10: 12-13
Goddamn the music is loud and irritating
10000000%. unwatchable, but would love to. same for keyboard typing! but, would be a great for a short video like a trailer.
Blasphemy is not wise
excellent narration, but the music is like sitting down at movie theater that drowns out the words. I’ll keep checking every month or so but man, these producers would boost their reach if they could produce an intelligible product for those that want to learn something. turn the music on, low, at transitions, and then dial it down to nothing and speak. There are other podcasts that can show how it’s done.
12:00 Yes
I believe that John with revelation finishes the Word, being it is the future testimony of Jesus!!! Several places in scripture that the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world!!! This really shows a lack of biblical knowledge!!!
the AI images are not correct. They over-emphasize grandeur way too much.
I get what you’re saying, but I think you’re missing the overall message
@@patrickchilds50 and WHAT would that BE?
an important event happened and it’s hard to wrap our heads around and the images help put it in our minds. Exactly correct? No!probably not even close. But you and I are on here commenting so it’s a win for the creator of the video
@@nathanwarren2757 A.I is the creator of the video
1. Hebrews 1:5 tells us that Jesus was begotten by His Father. Did He beget Himself?
2. In Matthew 22:44, the Father said Jesus would sit at His right hand until His enemies were made His footstool. Was Jesus to sit at His own right hand?
3. In Matthew 24:36, when Jesus told His disciples that no one knows the day or hour of His return but the Father only, did He really know but made up an excuse to not tell them?
4. In John 14:28, Jesus said His Father was greater than He was. Does this mean He was greater than Himself?
5. In John 17:1, Jesus prayed to His Father. Was He praying to Himself?
6. In Matthew 27:46, Jesus cried out, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?" Had He forsaken Himself?
7. In John 20:17, Jesus said He would ascend to the Father after His resurrection. Did He ascend to Himself?
These and many other biblical passages demonstrate to a rational Bible reader that the Trinity teaching is not only unbiblical, but also utterly illogical
Theology Academy? Uses CE doubt it
Do you have a Imprimatur?
WRONG! Constantine did not become a Christian by AD316 as stated in this video. He did not call for the Σύνοδος τῆς Νικαίας (Synodos tes Nikaia) or the Council of Nikaia or Nicaea because he wanted any Christian unity. His only role was to sponsor the Nicaean Council in the same way as he sponsored pagan temples and gatherings. Having just established his empire in Byzantium, he was playing a political balancing act with pagans and Christians alike in the service of the Pax Romana. His first act was to co-sponsor the Edictum Mediolanense AD 313 (Edict of Milan) with his co-emperor Licinius in order to decriminalize Christianity in pursuit of the Roman Peace. He had a Christian adviser, a priest of the Byzantine Church Eusebius of Nicomedia who was a supporter of the heretic priest Arius and his teaching that Christ was a created being, not begotten of the Father, ergo an inferior deity. Arius was refuted by the Coptic Pope of Alexandria, Alexander who called up a local council with participating bishops from Egypt who excommunicated Arius. Eusebius, being sympathetic to Arius, referred the matter to Constantine who sent a letter to both Alexander and Arius to settle their dispute and reconcile, and volunteered to sponsor the council that deposed and anathemized Arius and his followers. Despite the pleadings of his saintly mother, Helena, Constantine continued his frivolous life while supporting both Christians and pagans. It was only some few hours before his death that Constantine received Baptism from Eusebius of Nicomedia. So technically, he was baptized a Byzantine Catholic, not a Roman Catholic - being a resident of Byzantium and baptized by a Byzantine priest in 22 May 337.
This sounds accurate to me. Can you please cite your sources? I remember hearing elsewhere that Constantine was only baptised hours before his death and that many bishops regarded Constantine as meddlesome in Church affairs, for his own personal advantage. Further, Constantine erred on the side of Arianism.
@@OzCrusader You are right that Constantine "meddled" in some Church affairs for his advantage, i.e. for mere political popularity. But having been raised in a pagan background, he never meddled with their doctrines and practices. While the Council of Nicaea was about the Divine Nature of Christ, he attended only its first session, was given a place of honor, but never more appeared having no knowledge of what they were talking about. Yes, he built some of their Churches and donated basilicas to be used as their Churches, most probably to please her Christian mother, Helena. It is highly possible that he adapted Arianism, having been taught by Arius' friend, Eusebius of Nicomedia, his close adviser.
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f Your history is way out of line. Constantine had an advisor, christian bishop, Hossius of Cordoba, since the time he became emperor. It's very provable, almost certain the he received a baptism in secret at the same time.
@@Nepoznat811 - Bishop Hosius of Cordoba was never a close-in adviser to Constantine. It has always been the Byzantine priest, Eusebius of Nicomedia who was instrumental in soliciting the support of Constantine in hosting the Council at Nikaia or Nicene for the sake of his heretic friend Arius, the promoter of the heresy that erroneously taught that Jesus was a created deity, inferior to the Father. Constantine's home and imperial palace was situated in Constantinople, Byzantium (present day Istanbul), where the Church who had jurisdiction was the Byzantine Catholic Church that St Andrew founded. Hence it makes more sense to engage a Byzantine priest in Eusebius as the "chaplain" for his Legions rather than a priest of the Latin Church in Hosius of Cordoba. This Cordovan bishop was instrumental though in presiding over the Nicaean Council with Pope Alexander of the Coptic Church of Egypt which concluded with the deposition and exile of Arius away from Constantinople. Eusebius was there until his deathbed, administering the Mystery of Baptism to the dying emperor. Eusebius in fact succeeded Arius as the Patriarch of Constantinople and tried to influence the successor emperor Constantius II to pressure Hosius to withdraw support of the Coptic Patriarch Athanasius. But orthodoxy gave him the fortitude and courage to oppose his imperial interference into Church affairs which brought him to exile to Sirmium (Serbia). I understand it has been a futile effort among some evangelicals to twist the history on Constantine in order to attribute to him the foundation of the Roman Catholic Church. Too bad! He was no Roman Catholic even if he was a Roman citizen. He was de facto a Byzantine Catholic just a few hours before he passed away, as baptized by a heretic Byzantine priest, Eusebius of Nicomedia.
so Nicea and all its conclusions and findings are illegal and need to be reversed immediately?
Three hundred years after an event, a group of men came together to decide what actually happened.
If you read The Nicene Creed as an outsider you won't believe what is required of these people to gain "salvation".
Salvation is forever praising and worshiping a monster who loves you.
Read an Orthodox site about the Nicene Creed and see what you think then.Those Churches have kept to it after much persecution .
No, the Councils occurred as theological questions either popped up or were needed to be resolved. The Church already had a set of beliefs, a vibrant liturgy and a structured church by then. All you have to do is consult St. Ignatius of Antioch.
The main issue that the Council of Nicaea tackled was not about gaining salvation and not about any man deciding what happened. The Catholic Churches at that time already had defined sets of doctrines like the Incarnation, the Hypostatic Union, the Eucharist, the Theotokos, the Mysteries or Sacraments. The Councils were convoked in many cases to affirm and confirm what the Church already believed and to condemn any contravening heresy or teaching, in this case against what Arius was teaching that Jesus' deity was inferior, created, and was not of the same substance as the Father. The issue was about the orthodoxy of Faith, not about salvation or soteriology - and that was why the Creed or Symbol of Faith of Nicaea was formulated. The issue was raised by the Pope of Alexandria of the Coptic Church that St Mark founded, and was supported by the Byzantine and Roman Churches. Constantine merely sponsored the Council in the same manner as he was sponsoring pagan temples during his reign as the Roman Emperor of Byzantium and did not mess around with the related theological debates in the Council. It was not merely a group of men, but men who inherited the Apostolic Office (which the NT calls the ἐπισκοπὴν (episkopen Acts 1.20) where the word ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos 1 Tim 3.2) that Paul used came from. The Greek Episkopos in English is Bishop, Vescovo in Italiano, Obispo en Espanol. Paul ordained his ward Timothy into the episcopacy which clearly was the Apostolic Office. Paul, like the other Apostles, had to pass on their office considering their mortality for the continuity of the pastoral care of the Church that Jesus Christ mandated to his Apostles, NOT to the Bible.
… we believe in the holy spirit, the holy catholic apostolic church the communion of saints the forgiveness of sins…
Quite right.
Very sad.
Lose the music
Well it seems you have this whole history so concisely reported as if you were there. One huge event you left out of your report is the miracle that Saint Spyridon did in front of them all that proved Arius wrong. You might want to study up on some real Church History from the Orthodox archives there, Slick.
Help me. Socrates the crowd size? Say Wha? Stopped watching at the point….
Socrates of Constantinople
So these bishops invented Jesus PBUH as a God when he never claimed to be. Just utter madness
45000 denominations in the world as of today. WHAT UNITY????
I see they censor comments on here!!Normal these days
ŒCUMENICAL COUNCIL OF NIKÆA
It is sad that after decades of biblical scholarship, people still cannot get the spelling right.
You are right! But not everyone has that same set of characters as you do. Since NIKÆA was a Greek-speaking region, NOT turkish-speaking, NOT arabic-speaking region, I always initially call it Σύνοδος τῆς Νικαίας, (Sýnodos tês Nikaías). But I cannot blame others either if they cannot post in Greek.
@@JoseMariadeManila-g3f, Thank you. Œcumenical comes from Greek oikos or οίκος. It means unity, alternatively a family unit, and in a derived sense, a house. This word in turn is derived from Proto-Indo-European.
Socrates?
To: Theology Academy: The video was well made visually ...(I still use stick figure drawings myself 😉), but you really need to use proper terminology. B.C. = Before Christ. A.D. --> Anno Domini --> in the Year of our Lord Jesus Christ. Everything revolves around The Lord Jesus Christ!
Arius and his pals sadly carry on their heresy via the Jehovah's Witnesses organization (The Watchtower Bible & Tract society) People that are ignorant of Genesis 1:26 and John 8:57,58 will fall for much heresy.
The first apostasy foretold in 2 Thess 2:3 Let no one lead you astray* in any way, because it will not come unless the apostasy+ comes first and the man of lawlessness+ gets revealed, the son of destruction.+
2:32 300 out of 1800