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== Bibliography ==
=== Primary sources ===
* Eusebius of Caesarea, ''[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf204.ix.ii.html Letter of Eusebius of Cæsarea to the people of his Diocese]'' Account of the Council of Nicea; ''[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.toc.html The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine]'' Book 3, Chapters VI-XXI treat the First Council of Nicaea.
* Athanasius of Alexandria, ''[http://ccel.org/fathers2/NPNF2-04/Npnf2-04-33.htm#P3180_1245193 Defence of the Nicene Definition]''; ''[http://ccel.org/fathers2/NPNF2-04/Npnf2-04-68.htm#P7813_3132319 Ad Afros Epistola Synodica]''
* Eustathius of Antioch, ''[http://ccel.org/fathers2/NPNF2-03/Npnf2-03-10.htm#P944_169833 Letter recorded in Theodoret H.E. 1.7]''
* Socrates, ''[http://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf202.ii.iv.viii.html Of the Synod which was held at Nicæa in Bithynia, and the Creed there put forth]'' Book 1 Chapter 8 of his Ecclesiastical History, 5th century source.
* Sozomen, ''[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf202.iii.vi.xvii.html Of the Council convened at Nicæa on Account of Arius]'' Book 1 Chapter 17 of his Ecclesiastical History, a 5th century source.
* Theodoret, ''[http://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf203.iv.viii.i.vii.html General Council of Nicæa]'' Book 1 Chapter 6 of his Ecclesiastical History; ''[http://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf203.iv.viii.i.x.html The Epistle of the Emperor Constantine, concerning the matters transacted at the Council, addressed to those Bishops who were not present]'' Book 1 Chapter 9 of his Ecclesiastical History, a 5th century source;
=== Literature ===
* Carroll, Warren H., ''The Building of Christendom'', 1987, ISBN 0-931888-24-7
* Davis, S.J., Leo Donald, ''The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787)'', 1983, ISBN 0-8146-5616-1
* Kelly, J.N.D., ''The Nicene Crisis'' in ''Early Christian Doctrines'', 1978, ISBN 0-06-064334-X
* Kelly, J.N.D., ''The Creed of Nicea'' in ''Early Christian Creeds'', 1982, ISBN 0-582-49219-X
* [[John Henry Cardinal Newman|Newman, John Henry]]., ''[http://www.newmanreader.org/works/arians/chapter3-1.html The Ecumenical Council of Nicæa in the Reign of Constantine] from ''Arians of the Fourth Century'', 1871
* Rubenstein, Richard E., ''When Jesus Became God: The Epic Fight Over Christ's Divinity in the Last Days of Rome'', 2003, ISBN 0-15-100368-8
* Rusch, William G. "The Trinitarian Controversy", Sources of Christian Thought Series, ISBN 0-8006-1410-0
* Schaff, Philip ''[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.vii.i.html The first ecumenical council]'' includes creed and canons of the council.
* Tanner S.J., Norman P., "The Councils of the Church: A Short History", 2001, ISBN 0-8245-1904-3
== Other websites ==
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11044a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: First Council of Nicaea]
* [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/2005/001/7.18.html The Road to Nicaea] a descriptive overview of the events of the Council, by [[John Anthony McGuckin]].
* [http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/nicaea.html The Council of Nicaea and the Bible]. This article deals with the legend that the [[Books of the Bible|canon of the bible]] was discussed at the council.
* [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Council_of_Nicaea Council of Nicaea in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]
* [http://www.legionofmarytidewater.com/faith/Ecum01.htm Council of Nicaea]
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