A Historical View of the Council of Nice |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 29
Page 8
... things , the controversy respecting our Lord's divinity taking place , Meletius , with his followers , favored the party of Arius , and supported him against the bish- op . They who thought that the notions of Arius were absurd ...
... things , the controversy respecting our Lord's divinity taking place , Meletius , with his followers , favored the party of Arius , and supported him against the bish- op . They who thought that the notions of Arius were absurd ...
Page 13
... things visible and invisible , who has performed all this by the power of his Word , and established it by the holiness of his Spirit . The Word , which we call the Son of God , pitying the errors of men and their brutish way of life ...
... things visible and invisible , who has performed all this by the power of his Word , and established it by the holiness of his Spirit . The Word , which we call the Son of God , pitying the errors of men and their brutish way of life ...
Page 14
... things , but that he was himself made by the eternal wisdom ; that he is foreign in every thing from the substance of the Father ; that we were not made for him , but he for us , when it was the pleasure of God , who was before alone ...
... things , but that he was himself made by the eternal wisdom ; that he is foreign in every thing from the substance of the Father ; that we were not made for him , but he for us , when it was the pleasure of God , who was before alone ...
Page 19
... things , that if the Son of God was acknowledged to be uncreated , it would be necessary to admit , that he was consubstantial with the Father . It has been thought that this was the letter to Paulinus of Tyre , in which the same idea ...
... things , that if the Son of God was acknowledged to be uncreated , it would be necessary to admit , that he was consubstantial with the Father . It has been thought that this was the letter to Paulinus of Tyre , in which the same idea ...
Page 20
... things proceed . " And in another place , " old things have passed away , and all things are new , but all things are of God . " The bishops , however , who comprehend- ed their design , explained more clearly the words " of God , " by ...
... things proceed . " And in another place , " old things have passed away , and all things are new , but all things are of God . " The bishops , however , who comprehend- ed their design , explained more clearly the words " of God , " by ...
Other editions - View all
A Historical View of the Council of Nice: With a Translation of Documents ... Isaac Boyle No preview available - 2015 |
Historical View of the Council of Nice: With a Translation of Documents Isaac Boyle No preview available - 2018 |
Historical View of the Council of Nice: With a Translation of Documents ... Isaac Boyle No preview available - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
Acesius admitted ancient apostles Arians Arius assembled Athanasius begotten believe beloved brethren bish Bishop of Alexandria bishop of Rome called CANON Cathari Catholic Church celebrated Christian church of Alexandria clergy communion consent considered Constantine controversy COUNCIL OF NICE created creatures custom deacons declared decreed Diocletian dispute dissension divine doctrine Documents Easter ecclesiastical Egypt emperor endeavored eucharist Eusebius of Cesarea Eusebius of Nicomedia examination expressed faith Father festival follow Greek heresies Holy Spirit holy Synod honor Jesus Christ Jews Leo Allatius Letter of Eusebius Lord Jesus Lybia manner Meletius mind nature Nicomedia Novatian occasion opinion ordained Paulinus peace Pentapolis persecution prelates presbyters present priests proper provinces reader received rejoice religion remarked respect sacred Saviour says scripture Secundus and Theonas sent sentiments Socrates Sozomen substance term consubstantial Theodoret Theonas thought tion translation truth unanimous unbegotten Valesius wisdom word consubstantial writings
Popular passages
Page 40 - We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God, God of God, light of light, life of life, the only-begotten Son, the first-born of every creature, begotten of the Father before all ages, by whom all things were made...
Page 41 - ... was incarnate, and was made man, and suffered, and rose again the third day ; he ascended into heaven, and shall come to judge the living and the dead : And in the Holy Spirit. But the holy catholic and apostolic Church of God anathematizes those who affirm that there was a time when the Son was not...
Page 31 - Take heed that no man deceive you. For many will come in my Name, saying, I am Christ ; and will deceive many.
Page 41 - Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible ; and in One Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages ; God of God ; Light of Light ; True God of True God ; begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father, by Whom all things were made.
Page 41 - ... (consubstantial), an expression which the emperor himself explained, as not indicating corporeal affections or properties; and consequently that the Son did not subsist from the Father either by division or abscission: for, said he, a nature which is immaterial and incorporeal cannot possibly be subject to any corporeal affection; hence our conception of such things can only be in divine and mysterious terms.
Page 28 - Scriptures are these following :—God was not always a Father ", but there was a time when God was not a Father. The Word of God was not always, but...
Page 50 - Jews in the celebration of this most holy solemnity, who, polluted wretches! having stained their hands with a nefarious crime, are justly blinded in their minds. It is fit, therefore, that, rejecting the practice of this people, we should perpetuate to all future ages the celebration of this rite, in a more legitimate order, which we have kept from the first day of our Lord's passion even to the present times. Let us then have nothing in common with the most hostile rabble of the Jews.
Page 40 - Who for our salvation was made flesh, and lived among men, and suffered, and rose again the third day, and ascended to the Father, and will come again in glory to judge the quick, and [the] dead. And we believe also in One Holy Ghost...
Page 54 - ... that he may by all means appear to be in the number of the clergy, and that there may not be two bishops in one city.
Page 6 - Others were esteemed on account of their past sufferings in the cause of our holy religion, still bearing in their bodies. , like the great apostle of the Gentiles, "the marks of the Lord Jesus.