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First Council of Nicea
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First Council of Nicaea
The
First Council of Nicaea
(; ) was a council of Christian bishops convened in
Nicaea
in
Bithynia
by the
Roman Emperor
Constantine I
in
AD
325. This first
ecumenical council
was the first effort to attain
consensus
in the church through an
assembly
representing all of
Christendom
. It was presided over by
Hosius of Corduba
, a bishop from the West who followed the
Pope
who was the bishop of
Rome
and the
Patriarch
of the West.
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