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.
What will occur when the Lord descends from heaven?
And how may we know that we love the brethren?
Is it the duty of gospel ministers to execute vengeance?
What statement shows that sin was in the world before the law was given on Mount Sinai?
What is first commanded in the Sabbath commandment?
In religious things, to whom alone are we accountable?
What assurance has God given to believers?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle