Konstantyn I Wielki i Sobór Nicejski I (325) w wybranych źródłach historycznych
Constantine the Great and the First Council of Nicaea (325) in selected historical sources

Summary/Abstract: The Council of Nicaea I (325) should be considered as a breakthrough event in the history of the Church and Christianity. Decisions taken there had a huge impact on the development of the new Roman religion as well as on political events. One of the key figures of the Council is Constantine the Great (306-337). The emperor “abandoned” the official Romanitas deities and opted for Christ. Constantine’s conversion, however, took the form of receiving Christian God in accordance with the Roman mentality. The purpose of the article is to show the role of Constantine in the convocation of the Council of Nicaea (325), its course and final provisions. Details of this event were presented, taking into account the similarities and differences in the accounts of historians of the ancient Church: Socrates Scholastic, Sozomen, Philostorgius and Theodoret of Cyrus. A brief discussion of the history of the Council explains the circumstances of its convocation, its course, and the significance of its provisions.

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