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Nicene
Arius
256–336
Alexandrian presbyter whose teaching that the Son was a created being sparked the Arian controversy. Condemned at Nicaea (325). Heretic.
Constantine the Great
272–337
First Christian Roman emperor. Issued the Edict of Milan (313), convened the Council of Nicaea (325), and was baptized on his deathbed by Eusebius of Nicomedia.
Athanasius of Alexandria
296–373
Bishop of Alexandria and chief defender of Nicene orthodoxy against Arianism. Five times exiled. Wrote On the Incarnation and the Vita Antonii.
Ephrem the Syrian
306–373
Syriac deacon, hymnographer and poet-theologian of Nisibis and Edessa. Author of the Hymns on Faith and Hymns on Paradise.
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