RE: First Council of Nicaea: when Christianity was deformed and Jesus named son of God.
September 18, 2021 at 2:16 pm
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2021 at 2:17 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(September 18, 2021 at 1:56 pm)WinterHold Wrote:(September 18, 2021 at 1:14 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 1. Because ‘Nicene Christians’ ARE ‘normal Christians’, you boob.
2. No. Nicene Christianity isn’t a cult. It is the normative form of Christianity. The Arianists were the heretical cult. Even before the Council, the overwhelming majority of rank-and-file Christians accepted the eternal Godhood of Jesus without question. The Arian Controversy was largely a spat between bishops.
3. Your face is a cult.
4. I am not responsible for your ignorance.
Boru
1- I never heard about the prefix "Nicene" preceding the identification of Christian neo-cultics that believe Jesus is son of God.
2-No. Nicene Christianity is a cult and actually had a big opposition; reaching the emperor of Rome himself; thus the council was held in the first place:
Quote:It was called by the emperor Constantine I, an unbaptized catechumen, who presided over the opening session and took part in the discussions. He hoped a general council of the church would solve the problem created in the Eastern church by Arianism, a heresy first proposed by Arius of Alexandria that affirmed that Christ is not divine but a created being. Pope did not attend the council but was represented by legates.
https://www.britannica.com/event/First-C...Nicaea-325
3- You're a trinity.
That excerpt says it all - Arianism was the heresy, what you’ve chosen to call ‘Nicene Christianity’ was the norm and, hence, not a cult.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson