The Basics
Where was the Council of Nicaea held?
Nicaea
Who was the founder of Arianism?
Arius
Who "won" the Council: Alexander or Arius?
Alexander
A gathering of bishops in the Roman Catholic church
ecumenical council
The Nicaean Creed was developed at the Council of (_____).
Nicaea
The Council of Nicaea was the (______) Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church.
First
Who was the bishop who opposed Arius at the Council of Nicaea?
Alexander
True or False: the council decided that the Son is both truly God and truly man and consubstantial with God.
True
A doctrine that stated: Jesus, while divine, was not divine in the same way as God.
Arianism
Fill in the blank: "We believe in one (_____), the Father, the Almighty."
God
The Council of Nicaea was held in what year?
325 A.D.
Who was the Emperor at the time of the Council of Nicaea?
Constantine
At the Council of Nicaea, it was decided that the date of Christian Easter would no longer be linked to the calendar of which religion?
Judiasm
Church laws, unchanging rules of discipline (20 were declared in the Council of Nicaea)
canons
What are the four marks of the church, stated in the Creed?
one, holy, catholic, and apostolic
Who led each of the two positions at the Council of Nicaea?
Alexander and Arius
Who was the first emperor to convert to Christianity?
Emperor Constantine
The city of Nicaea is in what current country?
Turkey
A synonym of "consubstantial," used when talking about the Council of Nicaea?
Homoousious
Fill in the blanks: "We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only son of God, (_______) (________) of the Father."
eternally begotten
The main conflict at the Council of Nicaea was over whether God and Christ are (________).
Consubstantial
Who was the pope during the Council of Nicaea?
Pope Sylvester I
A heresy is....
A belief contrary to what is already accepted.
of similar substance
Homoiousian
The phrase, "not one iota" comes from...
homoousios ("same substance") and homoiousios ("similar substance") in the Nicene Creed. The difference is the letter "i" or Greek letter "iota"