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Nicaea I (325): source notes

Nicaea I (325): source notes

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Topic: trinity

See trinity reasoning.

TRI S1: Creed of Nicaea

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (NPNF/ANF English translation)
  • Text: “and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten (γεννηθέντα), not made, being of one substance (ὁμοούσιον, consubstantialem) with the Father.”
  • Context: Against Arius.
  • Bears on: T1
  • Status: verified (English)

Topic: church-authority

See church-authority reasoning.

PAP S1: Canon 6

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Canon 6 Let the ancient customs in Egypt, Libya and Pentapolis prevail, that the Bishop of Alexandria have jurisdiction in all these, since the like is customary for the Bishop of Rome also.”
  • Context: Regional jurisdiction by custom; Rome as a parallel.
  • Bears on: P2
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine F02

See F02 reasoning.

F02 S1: Creed of Nicaea

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Father Almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten (γεννηθέντα), not made, being of one substance (ὁμοούσιον, consubstantialem) with the Father.”
  • Context: Against Arius.
  • Bears on: F02.1
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine S10

See S10 reasoning.

S10 S1: Canon 19

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “And we mean by deaconesses such as have assumed the habit, but who, since they have no imposition of hands, are to be numbered only among the laity.”
  • Context: Paulianist deaconesses.
  • Bears on: S10.1
  • Status: verified (English)