What really happened at the council of Nicea?
Could Jesus really have married? We will address these questions one by one. What did the early Christians really think about Jesus? We have abundant evidence about what early Christians thought about Jesus from the Early Church Fathers. These are writings from the first 400 years of Christianity that were not accepted as scripture, but still honored as reflecting the tradition of Jesus and the Apostles. Phillip Schaff edited the definitive 10 volume set of the Fathers that predate the Council of Nicea (remember, this Council is where Brown says Constantine invented Christianity as we know it). Naturally, it makes sense to explore these documents to see what the early church really thought about Jesus. Listed below is but a sampling of this early treasure trove of history and theology. All the below quotations are from the CD Rom version available through AGES Software. The First Letter of Clement: Clement (AD 30-100), an associate of the apostle Paul, was an elder in the church at Rom
