Points to Ponder

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suprdave@lightspeed.net wrote:
> Just curious as to where you learned this information from. From what I
> gathered in Church History, the whole purpose of the Council of Nicaea in
> 325 A.D. was to affirm the Deity of Christ and expose the Arian heresy,
> i.e., that Jesus was not Deity.

Imagine my surprise as well. Evidently quite a few things were decided
on at that meeting. For more information concerning this event you can
visit the Roman Catholic website and I apologize I don't have the exact
address handy--however a good search engine like Webcrawler would get
you there in no time. I found the event of easter information
specifically from Compton's encyclopedia.

> The council affirmed the Deity of Christ. You may want to consult "History
> Of The Christian Church" by Phillip Schaff. He is probably the best work on
> church history. Other church historians agree with Schaff. Unfortunately,
> you may have received your information from a pamphlet.
> 
> The writers of the majority of "Search For Truth" materials have changed
> their view on this, since they at one time held to the position that you
> state above (the Oneness was changed and Trinity introduced). 

I'm not sure what pamphlet you are referring to. I found the information
concerning the Nicaean council in 325 AD (Specifically the changing of
the doctrines) in the World Book Encyclopedia. As a matter of practice I
usually do not use Apostolic sources (i.e. Search For Truth), as a sole
source of information. It is too easy for a non-Oneness to say that the
work is biased. So generally I go to a secular source--or better yet the
horses mouth.
 
> 
> Any references to the above concern would greatly be appreciated.
> 
> Dave <>< ± † ±
>