![]() ![]() But the issue did not remain simply a theoretical difference. They used a controversial term, homoousion in Greek, which could not be found in Sacred Scripture. The Catholics at Nicaea professed belief in the Trinity of coequal Father, Son, and Spirit, focusing especially on the equality between Father and Son. This was his way of making sense of the Incarnation and the Son’s role as mediator. Arius had taught that the Son was somehow less than the Father. The Council which met in Nicaea in the year 325 condemned Arius’s doctrines. ![]() Numerous synods met in an attempt to resolve their dispute. Alexander and a clergyman in Alexandria named Arius. Just as Imperial policy began to formally tolerate Christianity, a significant dispute arose between the Patriarchal Archbishop St. Early in the century Constantine fought bitter battles around the Mediterranean to “reunite” the Roman Empire under his solitary command. ![]() The fourth century was a time of great upheaval and controversy for Christianity. ![]()
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