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.
To what place did Christ carry these sins?
What witness does the true believer in Christ have that he is accepted of God?
For whom did Christ suffer all these things?
What did Joseph, in Egypt, say when tempted to sin?
How did Christ answer him?
10. Under what illustration from nature are the resurrection and the final salvation of the righteous taught?
What encouragement does Jesus give us to meet cheerfully the troubles and trials of life?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle