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Originally Posted by asaris
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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Well, now you're delving into a more comfortable area, history. The First Council of Nicea, which sat in 325 had this to say...
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We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten of the Father, that is, of the substance [ek tes ousias] of the Father, God of God, light of light, true God of true God, begotten not made, of the same substance with the Father [homoousion to patri], through whom all things were made both in heaven and on earth; who for us men and our salvation descended, was incarnate, and was made man, suffered and rose again the third day, ascended into heaven and cometh to judge the living and the dead. And in the Holy Ghost. Those who say: There was a time when He was not, and He was not before He was begotten; and that He was made our of nothing (ex ouk onton); or who maintain that He is of another hypostasis or another substance [than the Father], or that the Son of God is created, or mutable, or subject to change, [them] the Catholic Church anathematizes.
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Seems like it was pretty important to me. Not only did they specifically point out that Jesus was "of the substance of the Father," but also 'curse' those that say otherwise. So it seems that Jesus' divinity was very much in question in early Christianity.
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Originally Posted by PastorTim
Not bad. Pretty fair.
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Thanks...I think
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Originally Posted by flamingdog
This is why I think theology and philosophy should be separate forums.
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I don't think the philosophy forum is so 'jumpin' ' that either the true philosophy threads are getting buried or the overtly religious threads unavoidable. Too much division seems to kill all discussion....just take a look at some of the regional sub-forums.
