Nicaea, what happened on the streets?

Islander · #1 (**permalink**) 06-25-2009, 07:00 PM

I am working on a collaborative paper in Spanish with my friends in Mexico about the Council of Nicaea

. I got most of the major points of what transpired at the council. But some sources hint that there was a bit of of upheaval inside the council chambers and also on the streets of the town. But I cannot find a reliable source with any descriptions of what kinds of interactions took place.

Anybody has any sources about that?

pam · #2 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 09:10 AM

Wow I was just reading about this in a book last night. Let me go back to the book to see if it provides any further information. Though it only briefly touched on it.

pam · #3 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 09:13 AM

Okay it doesn't talk about what happened on the streets. M. Russell Ballard describes The Nicene Creed and how it came to be briefly in his book "Our Search for Happiness."

volgadon · #4 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 10:03 AM

NPNF2-01. Eusebius Pamphilius: Church History, Life of Constantine, Oration in Praise of Constantine | Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Eusebius says that

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as soon as the emperor had spoken these words in the Latin tongue, which another interpreted, he gave permission to those who presided in the council to deliver their opinions. On this some began to accuse their neighbors, who defended themselves, and recriminated in their turn. In this manner numberless assertions were put forth by each party, and a violent controversy arose at the very commencement. Notwithstanding this, the emperor gave patient audience to all alike, and received every proposition with steadfast attention, and by occasionally assisting the argument of each party in turn, he gradually disposed even the most vehement disputants to a reconciliation.

mhansen · #5 (**permalink**) 07-25-2009, 02:36 AM

The only story of unrest at Nicaea that I know is that St. Nicholas (of Santa Claus fame) got so angry at the heretic Arius that he punched him in the nose.

Moksha · #6 (**permalink**) 07-25-2009, 06:35 PM

I imagine that all the various Christian groups that would be shut out when the Gospels were canonized perhaps thought they were getting the bum's rush in this meeting.

mhansen · #7 (**permalink**) 07-26-2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Moksha

I imagine that all the various Christian groups that would be shut out when the Gospels were canonized perhaps thought they were getting the bum's rush in this meeting.

Biblical canon was decided at the Council of Hippo, not Nicaea.

Maya · #8 (**permalink**) 07-30-2009, 04:23 PM

BakyardProfessor has something on his youtube videoes.. cant recall where or what...