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1. Council

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   The initial series of great Councils, convened primarily in the early Roman Empire, addressed fundamental theological disputes regarding the nature of Christ and the Trinity. These were often ratified or imposed by the reigning Emperor, suggesting a close, and occasionally fraught, relationship between temporal and spiritual authority. The Council of Nicaea (325 CE) (325 CE), for instance, was called largely to resolve the Arian controversy …