Leggendo un trattato sul calendario (The Calendar di David Ewing DUNCAN) mi sono imbattuto su una curiosità storica sul Concilio di Nicea... che mi piace condividere con voi...
Costantino indice un concilio al quale sono invitati tutti i Vescovi della chiesa Cristiana, li nutre e li intrattiene fino al suo arrivo...
"Constantine arrived at Nicaea on about 19 June 325, and was immediately handed a thick packet of papers detailing controversies large and small among the attendees. He carried the packet with him into the audience hall of his palace, where officially opened the council wearing a robe of gold and draped with jewels like a Persian King. Sitting on a golden throne in front of the prelates..."
Nonostante il mio scadente inglese, mi sembra di capire che al suo arrivo gli fù consegnato un voluminoso pacco di documenti, nei quali sono riportate le principali problematiche discusse dai religiosi e padri della chiesa...
"Ordering the bishops to set aside their arguments, he took the packet and dropped it into the flames of a brazier. As it burned he told his audience that they must use this council to establish a uniform doctrine they all would follow - an imperative that became the guiding force behind the Catholic churc for centuries to come and would profoundly affect all aspects of life, including attitudes toward measuring time"
Questi signori non avevano ben capito che il concilio non era un semplice momento di discussione ma una opportunità che gli venne offerta... e che, visto i risultati, seppero acchiappare al volo!
Costantino indice un concilio al quale sono invitati tutti i Vescovi della chiesa Cristiana, li nutre e li intrattiene fino al suo arrivo...
"Constantine arrived at Nicaea on about 19 June 325, and was immediately handed a thick packet of papers detailing controversies large and small among the attendees. He carried the packet with him into the audience hall of his palace, where officially opened the council wearing a robe of gold and draped with jewels like a Persian King. Sitting on a golden throne in front of the prelates..."
Nonostante il mio scadente inglese, mi sembra di capire che al suo arrivo gli fù consegnato un voluminoso pacco di documenti, nei quali sono riportate le principali problematiche discusse dai religiosi e padri della chiesa...
"Ordering the bishops to set aside their arguments, he took the packet and dropped it into the flames of a brazier. As it burned he told his audience that they must use this council to establish a uniform doctrine they all would follow - an imperative that became the guiding force behind the Catholic churc for centuries to come and would profoundly affect all aspects of life, including attitudes toward measuring time"
Questi signori non avevano ben capito che il concilio non era un semplice momento di discussione ma una opportunità che gli venne offerta... e che, visto i risultati, seppero acchiappare al volo!
Alessandro Giovanni Paolo RUGOLO