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.
1. What report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus?
What did the people say when they saw these things?
What importance is attached to Christ's resurrection?
For what purpose did the law enter?
What will terminate the \"times allotted to the Gentiles?
How great reward has God promised those that love Him?
When man lost his dominion, to whom did he yield it?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle