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Following First Council of Nicaea in 325 CE construction of a hospital in every cathedral town was begun.

The author tried to convey the significance of the Council of Nicaea by comparing it to the furor over Global Warming.

The Council of Nicaea is when 'the state' gets very directly involved with 'the religion'.

The problem with the First Council of Nicaea was that it was decided wrong.

The Pope brought Easter back into conformity with Nicaea by reforming the calendar -- astronomical knowledge had improved a lot over the centuries.

But that's not what the council of Nicaea decided, nor what Christians believe.

So if you want to claim some ancient conspiracy exists where state and religion conspire, Council of Nicaea is a nice starting point.

It does not help that the last Ecumenical Council to be recognized as valid by all EO was the Council of Nicaea of 787.

No, the link you provided tells you what Nicaea was about.

In Warhammer, there was also a Council of Nicaea where it was discussed whether the use of psychic powers was acceptable in the Imperium of Man.

The First Council of Nicaea spoke for some of the Church at the time, and became the prevailing position of most Christian churches, but it's not a monopoly.

> Council of Nicaea is a favorite flashpoint for conspiracy theory people Could you please elaborate on that a bit?

Britannica: "The Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed that Easter should be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox (March 21).

I agree with you that this interpretation is historically one that has been fringe since the Council of Nicaea.

It was also entirely contrived by the Council of Nicaea.

Today it occurs around the 22th as a consequence of the Gregorian calendar reform, which has not restored the solstices and equinoxes from the beginning of the Christian era, but those from around 325 AD, when the Christian algorithm for computing the date of Easter has been established (First Council of Nicaea).