feelings throughout the Empire ran high there was great debate political maneuvering ecclesiastical disorder Constantine called a council to be held at NAA in the year 325 under his personal control about 220 Bishops attended what has been called the first great Council of the church and through great debate 218 of the 220 adopted a thoroughly Orthodox Creed and it seemed that aryanism was defeated and though there were two versions of the nyine Creed a shorter one and a longer one the shorter one comes from the Council of niia in the year 325
