section_path: Primary sources
section_name: Primary sources
paragraph_text: Primary sources
  
  There are no conciliar acts. The main historical sources are: the Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius of Caesarea, the History of the First Council of Nicaea by Gelasius of Cyzicus, and three orations of Athanasios Against the Arians and two epistles, one written in 350-351, concerning the decisions of the Council of Nicaea, which includes the Nicene creed, and the other one On the Events of the Councils in Ariminum and Seleucia. Other primary sources are the following: Ecclesiastical History by Socrates Scholasticus and those of Sozomen, Theodoret of Cirrhus, and Rufinus of Aquileia. Theological aspects are also dealt with by Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus. Primary sources are collected on the Wisconsin Lutheran College 's Fourth Century Christianity website.