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Which council marked the beginning of Athanasius' leading role against Arianism?

  • Second Council of Ephesus

  • Council of Chalcedon

  • First Council of Nicaea

  • Council of Constantinople

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Athanasius' leading role against Arianism began with the First Council of Nicaea. The council, held in 325 AD, condemned the teachings of Arius, a priest who claimed that Jesus was not of the same substance as God. Athanasius, a bishop at the time, argued that Jesus was both fully human and fully divine, and that he was therefore equal to God the Father.
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