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The Son could only be killed because he was human at the time; being subject to death is a function of his humanity, not his divinity. The council of Nicea, IIRC, was not really about whether or not Christ was divine -- it was more about what the relation was between his divinity and his humanity. The two common heresies about Christ at the time were those saying he was half-man, half-God, and those saying he wasn't really human. The idea that he wasn't really divine wasn't common at all in the early Church, so it probably wasn't what Nicea was addressing.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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