Summary: The Council of Ephesus, of more than 200 bishops, presided over by St.
To the above-mentioned Nicene Creed it added the clauses referring to the Holy Ghost ( qui simul adoratur) and all that follows to the end. It was directed against the followers of Macedonius, who impugned the Divinity of the Holy Ghost. Summary: The First General Council of Constantinople, under Pope Damasus and the Emperor Theodosius I, was attended by 150 bishops. To this council we owe the Nicene Creed, defining against Arius the true Divinity of the Son of God ( homoousios), and the fixing of the date for keeping Easter (against the Quartodecimans).įurther Reading: II. The Emperor Constantine was also present. Hosius, Bishop of Cordova, assisted as legate of Pope Sylvester. Three hundred and eighteen bishops were present. Summary: The Council of Nicaea lasted two months and twelve days.
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