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Jan 11 at 5:36 comment added Andries Agreed, in isolation, this does not prove much. But this is not in isolation. What happened at Nicaea was the pattern throughout the fourth century. When the emperor was Nicene, the church was Nicene. And when the emperor was Arian, the church was Arian. It was the emperor Theodosius, in the year 380, before the 381-council, that made the Trinity doctrine the only legal religion, expelled the Homoian bishops, forbid non-Trinitarians to preach or even to have churches, and otherwise brutally destroyed all opposition through the mighty arm of the Imperial Forces.
Jan 9 at 17:23 comment added Nigel J I do not see that this actually proves anything. It is an attempt to analyse and make sense of a complex historical situation. But it offers no proof (or otherwise) of the doctrine being enforced. Nor does it touch upon whether it is right to attempt to civilly enforce truth and to civilly punish heresy. Which is another big question.
Jan 9 at 16:20 history answered Andries CC BY-SA 4.0