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At the Council of Nicaea, participants were not debating whether Jesus was God—that was a common belief among them. Instead, they wrestled with what that meant concerning the relationship between Jesus and the Father. Huff emphasizes that the goal was to articulate theological positions clearly and address the claims of Arianism. The Nicene Creed that emerged from the council affirmed the belief in the full divinity of Christ and articulated the understanding of God as one essence in three distinct persons.