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Not sure why this is on HN. Council of Nicaea is a favorite flashpoint for conspiracy theory people. But in reality it wasn't all that special. It was just one event in many that shaped Christianity. Basically its like a ISO Standards meeting. Lots of old guys making obscure arguments based on interpretations of obscure text about things that essentially don't matter outside of a bunch of nerds. The connection betwee…
Not sure why this is on HN. Council of Nicaea is a favorite flashpoint for conspiracy theory people. But in reality it wasn't all that special. It was just one event in many that shaped Christianity. Basically its like a ISO Standards meeting. Lots of old guys making obscure arguments based on interpretations of obscure text about things that essentially don't matter outside of a bunch of nerds. The connection betwee…
I suppose this is relevant on account of it being Easter. Growing up Catholic, we always said the Nicene Creed during Mass, which kind of enumerates the standard Catholic beliefs. I never thought much about it, but a non-Christian friend who joined me one time said thought it was creepy and cult like, us all standing there saying it in unison. I appreciated a universal, orthodox set of beliefs determined to be "corre…
Not catholic, just an enjoyer of church history.
Arianism is easily in my top 3 heterodoxies. (Along with Pelagianism and Lollardism, though the moment Charismatic Catholicism is officially condemned Wycliffe gets bumped to an ignoble 4). Not catholic, just an enjoyer of church history.
(and Dirk Willems my favourite martyr, although I do find it highly apropos that Barbara is the patron saint of the РВСН)
Arianism is easily in my top 3 heterodoxies. (Along with Pelagianism and Lollardism, though the moment Charismatic Catholicism is officially condemned Wycliffe gets bumped to an ignoble 4). Not catholic, just an enjoyer of church history.
The "pantheism" ascribed to Spinoza (as alluded to by Einstein) is my favourite. (and Dirk Willems my favourite martyr, although I do find it highly apropos that Barbara is the patron saint of the РВСН)
(For all f, always eventually Easter sub f?)
Thought the article says the council 'settled' christology, it still took hundreds of years before it was popularly resolved: for, at least, the first 500 years of christianity jesus was widely regarded as something more like a demigod. This fairly clearly what Paul thought; with Luke likely believing just in a messianic role. Early christianity is perhaps best seen as greeking of judaism: god the father is zeus, the…
There is no clear 'early Christianity'. By the first time we have any evidence, there are already many different interpretations.