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Re: mcd2inga post# 7206

Sunday, 08/11/2013 7:53:45 PM

Sunday, August 11, 2013 7:53:45 PM

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mcd, not all believe Jesus was "of" God such as the Jews believe he was a prophet. Christianity was split over a sort of this as well up until Constantine and the Council of Nicaea.
What exactly was the Council of Nicaea?

"The Council of Nicaea, which took place in 325, was a response to a crisis that developed in the church over the teachings of a presbyter, or priest, of the church in Alexandria. And his teachings suggested that Jesus was not fully divine, that Jesus was certainly a supernatural figure of some sort, but was not God in the fullest sense. His opponents included a fellow who came to be bishop of Alexandria, Anthanasius, and the folk on that side of the divide insisted that Jesus was fully divine. The Council of Nicea was called to try to mediate that dispute, and the Council did come down on the side of the full divinity of Jesus. It all boils down to one iota of difference. And the debates in the 4th century about the status of Jesus have to do with the Greek word that exemplifies the problem. One party said that Jesus was homo usias with the father, that is of the same being or substance as the father. The other party, the Arian party, argued that Jesus was homoi usias with the father, inserting a single letter "i" into that word. So the difference between being the same and being similar to was the heart of the debate over Arianism. And the Council of Nicea resolved that the proper teaching was that Jesus was of the same being as the father."

So the point is, if the council was wrong in their interpretation,
could Jesus have been more human and subject to human weakness?


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