THE PARTICIPATION AND ROLE OF THE BISHOP OF ROME AT THE FIRST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL (325 AD)

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This paper examines the role of the Church of Rome in both the pre-Nicene Councils and the First Ecumenical Council, either through
the participation of the Bishop of Rome himself or through the participation of his representatives. Issues regarding Arianism and the calculation of the date of Easter are also examined. The attempt to resolve the first problems of the Church by convening the Apostolic Council in Jerusalem, led to the development of the synodal principle as the organizational form of the Church. The presence of the Roman Church at the pre-Constantinian local synods was sometimes inconspicuous and reserved, but at other times of central importance. The representatives of the Roman bishop (vicars or legates) were selected and sent by their superior to participate in the work of the councils. At the time of the First Ecumenical Council, Silvester served as Bishop of Rome. He opposed the heresy of Arius and expressed the centuriesold position of the Roman Church regarding the celebration of Easter