{"id":6002,"date":"2014-03-10T14:32:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T18:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=6002"},"modified":"2018-12-17T13:37:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T18:37:37","slug":"podcast-30-the-council-of-nicea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-30-the-council-of-nicea\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 30 &#8211; The Council of Nicea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4297\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6002-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities030.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities030.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities030.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities030.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=6002-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities030.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities030.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6003\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicene-creed-picture-1024x848.jpg\" alt=\"nicene creed picture\" width=\"491\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicene-creed-picture-1024x848.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicene-creed-picture-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicene-creed-picture-420x348.jpg 420w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicene-creed-picture-460x381.jpg 460w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicene-creed-picture-90x75.jpg 90w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicene-creed-picture.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/>What happened at the<strong> famous council<\/strong> of bishops of Nicea, convened by the emperor Constantine in the year 325?&nbsp;What did this group say about the God the Father, and the Son of God, in<strong> opposition to <a title=\"podcast 29 - Arius\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/archives\/5984\" target=\"_blank\">Arius<\/a><\/strong> and his supporters?<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we hear<strong> their creed<\/strong>, and put it into the historical and theological&nbsp;<strong>context<\/strong> of its own time.&nbsp;Thanks to my friend Caroline Roberts for her reading of the Nicene creed.<\/p>\n<p>You can also <strong>listen t<\/strong><strong>o this episode on<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><a title=\"trinities podcast @ stitcher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=54067&amp;refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong><a title=\"trinities @ itunes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id690304581?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=11l5XS\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>&nbsp;(please subscribe, rate, and review<\/strong>&nbsp;us in either or both \u2013 <strong><a title=\"how to rate us at iTunes and Stitcher\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/review\/\" target=\"_blank\">directions here<\/a><\/strong>). It is also available on&nbsp;<a title=\"trinities podcast youtube playlist\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/TCI28olXpHI\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (you can&nbsp;<a title=\"youtube subscription link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/khanpadawan?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe here<\/a>). If you would like to&nbsp;<strong>upload audio feedback<\/strong> for possible inclusion in a future episode of this podcast,&nbsp;<a title=\"upload audio feedback for the trinities podcast here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/filedrop\/filedrop_hosted.php?drop=96df5ea43b9b7c6582cb95b8c5a7259d7cd8109e0cd009d4a5ecd099cc7e64fb\" target=\"_blank\">put the audio file here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can <strong>support the trinities podcast by ordering anything through Amazon.com<\/strong> after clicking through one of our links. We get a small % of your purchase, even though your price is not increased. (If you see \u201ctrinities\u201d in you&nbsp;url while at Amazon, then we\u2019ll get it.)<\/p>\n<p>You can<strong> support the trinities podcast<\/strong> by buying through the links below. Except for Rubenstein, we heard from all of this in this episode.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>R.P.C. Hanson&#8217;s <em><a title=\"Hanson book\" href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/080103146X\" target=\"_blank\">The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God<\/a><\/em>. The most comprehensive historical account of the whole controversy before and after the council at Nicea.<\/li>\n<li>Richard Rubenstein, <a title=\"Rubenstein, When Jesus Became God\" href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0156013150\" target=\"_blank\"><em>When Jesus Became God<\/em><\/a>. A readable popular account of the controversy surrounding Arius, and the 325 council.<\/li>\n<li>Leo Donald Davis, <a title=\"Davis, The First Seven Ecumenical Councils\" href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0814656161\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787): Their History and Theology<\/em><\/a>. An excellent, scholarly but readable historical and theological summary.<\/li>\n<li>Tanner, ed. <a title=\"Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils\" href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0878404902\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Not merely the first seven, but all those accepted by Roman Catholics. A valuable resource, with both English translations and the original languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this where Christian theology became trinitarian?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,58,4,14,55,38,57,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christology","category-creeds","category-heresy-orthodoxy","category-history","category-holy-spirit","category-monotheism","category-podcast","category-theories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40839,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002\/revisions\/40839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}