Original sentence: According to the story, prior to AD 325, Jesus was considered no more than a "mortal prophet" by his followers, and it was only as a consequence of Emperor Constantine's politicking and a close vote at the First Council of Nicaea that Christianity came to view him as divine.According to these sources, the central question at the Council was whether Jesus and God were homoousios, "of one substance", and thus one, or whether instead Jesus was homoiousios, "of like substance", and thus the first created being, inferior to the Father, but still superior to all other beings (see Arianism)
Edited sentence: According to the story, prior to AD 325, Christ was considered no more than a "mortal prophet" by his followers, and it was only as a consequence of Emperor Constantine's politicking and a close vote at the First Council of Nicaea that Christianity came to view him as divine.According to these sources, the central question at the Council was whether Christ and God were homoousios, "of one substance", and thus one, or whether instead Christ was homoiousios, "of like substance", and thus the first created being, inferior to the Father, but still superior to all other beings (see Arianism)