THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Socinian Controversy, Arianism
21 Jan 2015
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3) please explain the 4 th-century trinitarian controversy with particular attention to the councils of nicaea (325 ce) and constantinople i (381 ce). One important topic that was present in the 4th century was that of understanding and defining the doctrine of the trinity. Christians hold this very basic and important belief that god is one but manifested in three people, the father, son and holy spirit. The first phase of this trinitarian debate was the council of nicea, which occurred around. A gathering of the bishops was called upon by emperor constantine to deal with the issue of whether jesus was god or the son of god or not. It s main actors were arius and alexander of alexandria. The second phase of the trinitarian debate will take place in the next 50 or so years after the council of nicea. The first phase revolved around whether it is appropriate to call jesus the son of.
