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... Chalcedonies Creed was launched in the middle of controversies raging among the two churches of the east and west regarding firstly the meaning of 'incarnation', secondly the Byzantine Emperor's ecclesiastical influence and thirdly the supreme power of the Pope of Rome and this the true essence of sacramentality this is represented as one of the three principals of Catholic faith. ...
... (Shelly, 1990, p25 ). At this council the dating of Easter was established. Rules were framed that defined the authority of bishops, thereby paving the way for a concentration of power in ecclesiastical hands. Most important of all, the Council of Nicea decided, by vote, that Jesus was a god, not a mortal prophet (Baigent, 1985, p368). Upon the decision of the divinity of Christ ... ...
... , a Christian assembly that meets together to worship the Lord. The church is a formally organized body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination. But, most people today think that the church is the building or just an organization. However, Jesus did not die for a building, a program, or an organization; He died ... ...
