Nicene Faith

The principal points in it are that the pope confirmed the Nicene Faith in a council, and died in exile for the Faith, unless we render "a martyr by exile".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Constantinople, to confirm the Nicene Faith, to reconcile the semi-Arians with the Church, and to put an end to the Macedonian heresy.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Many folks are engaged in simply rejecting: they automatically reject all of historic Christianity (or relegate it to historic decoration) simply because they assume you can not get from point A (Pauline and Nicene Faith) to point B (the radical inclusion and hospitality desired by so many folks today).

Sarx 2009

"Obey the emperor and take this" was in fact his message, says St. Athanasius, who proceeds to give the pope's reply at length: He could not decide against Athanasius, who had been acquitted by two general synods, and had been dismissed in peace by the Roman Church, nor could he condemn the absent; such was not the tradition he had received from his predecessors and from St. Peter; if the emperor desired peace, he must annul what he had decreed against Athanasius and have a council celebrated without emperor or counts or judges present, so that the Nicene Faith might be preserved; the followers of Arius must be cast out and their heresy anathematized; the unorthodox must not sit in a synod; the Faith must first be settled, and then only could other matters be treated; let Ursacius and

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Have the bishops restored and, if they agree with the Nicene Faith, let them consult as to the peace of the world, that an innocent man be not condemned. "

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The circumincessio, is perhaps the deepest and darkest he whole theological abyss.] [Footnote 60: The third section of Bull's Defence of the Nicene Faith, which some of his antagonists have called nonsense, and others heresy, is consecrated to the supremacy of the Father.] [Footnote 61: The ordinary appellation with which Athanasius and his followers chose to compliment the Arians, was that of Ariomanites.] [Footnote 62: Epiphanius, tom i.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765