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Nicaea I (325): source notes

Nicaea I (325): source notes

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Topic: trinity

See trinity reasoning.

TRI S1: Creed of Nicaea

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (NPNF/ANF English translation)
  • Text: “and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten (γεννηθέντα), not made, being of one substance (ὁμοούσιον, consubstantialem) with the Father.”
  • Context: Against Arius.
  • Bears on: T1, F01.3
  • Status: verified (English)

Topic: church-authority

See church-authority reasoning.

PAP S1: Canon 6

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Canon 6 Let the ancient customs in Egypt, Libya and Pentapolis prevail, that the Bishop of Alexandria have jurisdiction in all these, since the like is customary for the Bishop of Rome also.”
  • Context: Regional jurisdiction by custom; Rome as a parallel.
  • Bears on: P2
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine F16

See F16 reasoning.

F16 S1: Canon 8

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Canon 8 Concerning those who call themselves Cathari, if they come over to the Catholic and Apostolic Church, the great and holy Synod decrees that they who are ordained shall continue as they are in the clergy.”
  • Context: Novatianists received.
  • Bears on: F16.2
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine S09

See S09 reasoning.

S09 S1: Canon 5

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “And let these synods be held, the one before Lent, (that the pure Gift may be offered to God after all bitterness has been put away), and let the second be held about autumn.”
  • Context:
  • Bears on: S09.2
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine S10

See S10 reasoning.

S10 S1: Canon 19

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “And we mean by deaconesses such as have assumed the habit, but who, since they have no imposition of hands, are to be numbered only among the laity.”
  • Context: Paulianist deaconesses.
  • Bears on: S10.1
  • Status: verified (English)

S10 S2: Canon 19

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “And we mean by deaconesses such as have assumed the habit, but who, since they have no imposition of hands, are to be numbered only among the laity.”
  • Context:
  • Bears on: S10.2
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine F02

See F02 reasoning.

F02 S1: Creed of Nicaea

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Father Almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten (γεννηθέντα), not made, being of one substance (ὁμοούσιον, consubstantialem) with the Father.”
  • Context: Against Arius.
  • Bears on: F02.1
  • Status: verified (English)

F02 S2: Anathema of the Creed of Nicaea

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “before he was begotten he was not, or that he was made of things that were not, or that he is of a different substance or essence [from the Father] or that he is a creature, or subject to change or conversion [τρεπτὸν in Greek; convertibilem in Latin] — all that so say, the Catholic and Apostolic Church anathematizes them. …”
  • Context: Against Arius.
  • Bears on: F02.2, F01.3
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine T21

See T21 reasoning.

T21 S1: Canon 19

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “And we mean by deaconesses such as have assumed the habit, but who, since they have no imposition of hands, are to be numbered only among the laity.”
  • Context: Paulianist deaconesses counted as laity.
  • Bears on: T21.1
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine S03X

See S03X reasoning.

S03X S1: Canon 8

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Canon 8 Concerning those who call themselves Cathari, if they come over to the Catholic and Apostolic Church, the great and holy Synod decrees that they who are ordained shall continue as they are in the clergy.”
  • Context: On the Novatians (Cathari) who return to the church.
  • Bears on: S03.3
  • Status: verified (English)

S03X S2: Canon 19

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “by all means be rebaptized; and if any of them who in past time have been numbered among their clergy should be found blameless and without reproach, let them be rebaptized and ordained by the Bishop of the Catholic Church; but if the examination should discover them to be unfit, they ought to be deposed. …”
  • Context: On the followers of Paul of Samosata.
  • Bears on: S03.3
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine S17X

See S17X reasoning.

S17X S1: Canon 12

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “sions by deeds, and not pretence, with fear, and tears, and perseverance, and good works, when they have fulfilled their appointed time as hearers, may properly communicate in prayers; and after that the bishop may determine yet more favourably concerning them.”
  • Context: Nicaea on shortening the penance of those who returned to military service.
  • Bears on: S17.3
  • Status: verified (English)