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.
How did Christ make it clear to them that the Scriptures testify of Him?
How did Pilate comply with their request?
What Christian ordinance has been given as a memorial of Christ's burial and resurrection?
Who controls the distribution of the gifts of the Spirit?
What event does he speak of as immediately following these times of refreshing?
By what is Grecia, the kingdom succeeding Medo-Persia, represented in the image?
Who first enjoined Sunday-keeping by law?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle