Trinity Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Political aspect === According to Eusebius, Constantine suggested the term {{lang|grc-Latn|homoousios}} at the Council of Nicaea, though most scholars have doubted that Constantine had such knowledge and have thought that most likely Hosius had suggested the term to him.{{sfn|Harvey|Hunter|2008|p=}} Constantine later changed his view about the Arians, who opposed the Nicene formula, and supported the bishops who rejected the formula,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/godsreligion/p/aa082499.htm|title=What Was Debated at the Council of Nicea?|access-date=11 July 2014|archive-date=10 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710210117/http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/godsreligion/p/aa082499.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> as did several of his successors, the first emperor to be baptized in the Nicene faith being [[Theodosius the Great]], emperor from 379 to 395.<ref>{{cite book| url = http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc3.iii.vi.xv.html| first = Philip |last=Schaff |title=History of the Christian Church |volume=III. Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity |edition=fifth revised |at=Β§27}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page