Compiled and introduced by Glen L. Thompson

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Introduction: The Ancient Sources and Historical Context

1.  The Calling of the Council

2. The Participants

3. Philosophic Debates Preceding the Council

4. The Council Opens and Constantine Arrives

5. Imperial Impartiality

6. The Council’s Debates and the Creed

7. Eusebius of Caesarea’s Creed and Letter

8. Condemnations for Those Who did not Subscribe

9. Other Work of the Council: The Canons

10. The Council Deals with the Melitians and Other Matters

11. The Council is Officially Closed

12. Constantine Spreads the Decisions of the Council

13. Aftermath and Contemporary Reflections on the Council

Appendices:

Sources Used

Two Accounts of the Council’s Debate on the Nature of the Son

The Subscribers to the Nicene Creed and Canons

Other possible conciliar rulings

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