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 receiving the Son what do we have in Him?
What two facts testify to the union of divinity and humanity in Christ?
What change is thus brought about?
At His birth, what message did the angel bring to the shepherds abiding in the field?
How was the matter finally decided?
Why did Christ, in the parable, reprove the man who hid his talent?
In what words will their triumph over death and the grave be expressed?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle