Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

God. light Of light. very God Of very
God. bcgottcn not made, being OF ono
substanfs with the Father. by whom
all things were made. both things IN
heaven and things on earth, who fof
Us men and for our salvation. came
down and was made flesh. made man,
suffered and rose again on the third
day, went up into the heavens. and "
TO come again 20 Judge the living and
the dead and M the Holy Ghost"
To this statement OF faith was added
the following curse;
''rhe holy Catholic church anaihe-
rniyes those who aay that thew was n
time when the Son u God was not, and
that before lie was begotten lie was
not. and that lie was made
out Of nothing. or out OF an;
il created. or chgnreabic. or aiterabic."
The creed and the curse were submit
ted TO the emperor, and he at once np-
proved them both. and declared Arian-
ism n hereay. Arius ana his friends
were bsnished.
Later Arius submlttcd a creed which
Constantine also pronounced orthodox.
but when the bishops I'll, refused 10
fellowship him he was induced 10 rlgn
the Nicene creed. whoroupon the ems
peror commanded Athanhalur 20 admit
him to Fellowship. Arius. however,
died suddenly. perhaps by poison. and
piled with.
II viii he seen from all this. that In
the year als the church had come 10
this that itH Representatives gathered In
ecclesiastical conference at IN. bidding
Of a pasan emperor that they submit
provai o. The ponilr Of pagan
fiomc: az whose decree heresy
became an offensc against the state.
In other words. the Church formally
surrendered. there and then. ita power
md privileges Into the hands 81 the
chief representative % pagan Rome.
That Constantine was baptized shortly
before his death, does not alter the feet.
The surrender had been made before.
N this was not an act Of treason 20 the
divine Lord OF the Churchill |, was
not nroetasy. We fail Ia comprehend
the meaning Of those words. No won.
der that the emperor. In tho language
among the ais biahops tall clad In pur-
pie aud jewels. with his peculiarly
naughty and aofnber mien. and felt dis
guated at these coarse and crlnElns
creatures. who one moment scrambled
rportlvciy around him TO catch up .
bit OF hts munincence. and the next
ficw madiy into each others faces for
some lrcofnprsheusihie mystery"
The council Of Nice marks indianuta.
bly, the nrst formal and openly visible
net OF nhdicntion on the part Of the
Priesthood IN favor ~ the imperial
power. lip 60 this time the mystery
of iniauitv had been nt work more or
less In secret. True. tho aposta~y was
not yet completed all over the chri1.
flnn world. Hut from this time on
the darkness spread rapidly. ana finally
the "chlld" wus taken M 10 the throne
~ God and the woman arrayei In
llsht found her only place Of safety In
the wilderness"
The history Of this period IL ~ Inn
nensc importance, for not only does u
prove the fuinilment 20 the letter ~
the prophetic wori Of God, but II points
out some of the dangers TO he avoided
In every are. Well may We. with the
beloved Apostle. view tho rise ~
"iinhylon" with great hHtonlrhmcnt
nut greater rtiil Il the revercnt graft.
tude with which we contemplate the
restoration. In this aFe. Of the tru.
church. May We all prove faithful
TO our sacred trust.