Throwback – The Established Church
August 8, 2021 / The Rock ChurchThrowback – The Established Church
Time Period #2 – The Established Church (325 A.D. – 590 A.D.)
I. The Church Acts 15:1 NIV, Acts 15:6-11
Purpose of Councils
1) Meets to address crises
2) Focus on biblical consensus
3) Clarify or limit language
1. First Council of Nicaea – 325 A.D.
2. First Council of Constantinople – 381 A.D.
3. Council of Ephesus – 431 A.D.
4. Council of Chalcedon – 451 A.D.
II. The Church
1. Creeds in the Bible 1 Timothy 3:16 ESV
2. The Apostles Creed
3. The Creed of Nicaea (325)
4. The Creed of Constantinople (381) (aka Nicene Creed)
III. The Church’s Biblical
Augustine
Jerome
Fall of the Western Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
Pope Gregory I