What was one principal object in calling this council?
Answer
"The question relating to the observance of Easter, which was agitated in the time of Anicetus and
Polycarp, and afterward in that of Victor, was still undecided. It was one of the principal reasons for
convoking the Council of Nice, being the most important subject to be considered after the Arian
controversy."
"It appears that the churches of Syria and Mesopotamia continued to follow the, custom of the
Jews, and celebrated Easter on the fourteenth day of the moon, whether falling on Sunday or not. All the
other churches observed that solemnity on Sunday only, namely; those of Rome, Italy, Africa, Lydia,
Egypt, Spain, Gaul, and Britain; and all Greece, Asia, and Pontus." - Boyle's 'Historical View of the
Council of Nice," page 23, edition 1836.
In what scripture does Christ apply the same emblem to Himself ?
22. After being united with Christ in the likeness of His death and resurrection, what should the believer do?
What statement of the redeemed shows that they will remember God's creative power?
What petition was made to the emperor by a church convention of bishops in AD 401?
Who is it that blinds men to the gospel of Christ?
What does He say He will bring with Him when He comes?
How should we sympathize with others in their sorrows?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle