In Part 3 of our series on the 21 Ecumenical Church Councils, Justin Hibbard discusses the first ecumenical council in Church history - the Council of Nicaea. What does Santa Claus have to do with this council? Who attended this council? What did this council decide? And how did this council change the course of history while also failing to be all that effective within the next few decades?
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SOURCES:
* Episode 146: Introduction to the 21 Ecumenical Councils
* Episode 147: The World that Led to the Council of Nicaea
* The Might be Giants - Istanbul (not Constantinople)
* Map of the Roman Empire Under Constantine
* The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History by Joseph Kelly
* History of the Popes Podcast (Beginning with Episode 27)
* First Council of Nicaea | Church Councils Explained (Part 1)
* New Advent: First Council of Nicaea
* Papal Encyclicals Online: First Council of Nicaea
* Original Nicene Creed of 325
* Excursions on the Canons of the Council of Nicaea
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