Nicea

[JM]

Did the Western Church have a bishop present during the Council of Nicea? I found this on the net, could someone tell me if it's true or not?


Biography:
Not a great deal is known about Pope Sylvester I - the material in the Liber Pontificalis is mostly a record of gifts supposedly conferred by Constantine the Great to the Church. It is strange that the details of his reign would be so unknown even though the reign itself was relatively long. Apparently he didn't even attend the First Council of Nicea.

http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/western/bldef_sylvesteri.htm

I was reading an Orthodox Catechism last night and this point was brought up.

[Orthosdoxa]

Good question. I have no idea. :) I'm sure Holligan (Julio) will have something to say when he pops back in.

[Michael the Iconographer]

A History of the Council of Nicea (http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/coun2.html)

Another History of the Council of Nicea (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/sbrandt/nicea.htm)

[Happy Orthodox]

Street Preacher, if your question is about did Roman Popes contribute to the Councils at all, then the answer is yes. The Councils were Ecumenical, which means that all bishops were supposed to be there. That is why they are called Ecumenical, meaning, common (that was when the Roman Church was still in communion with the rest of the Church). However, the Roman bishop often had representatives sent instead of him because of the distance. I can't remember how many times Roman bishops were present at the Councils and which ones, but it was at least at two of them.