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 was Christ to be received by His own people?
What is the character of a child who will not listen to his father's instruction?
Of what besides a knowledge of God as Creator, is the Sabbath a sign?
What is the first -symbol of Revelation 13:9?
7. What did He say of the wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes which were to precede these events?
In view of this fact, what does Christ tell us to do?
Whom did Christ indicate as fulfilling this prophecy?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle