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The Council of Nicea

April 23, 2003
The Council of Nicea went well. Dr. Serfass dressed up in his graduate robes, and Professor Hahnemann put on some aging makeup and came as Constantine�s mother Helena. I think the general consensus was the Arians won. We were well prepared, and we had the best slogan, �There was a time when he was not!� Everybody got really into it. The anti-Arians were always complimenting �Constantine� on his garb, and he gave them farms for their obsequity. They kept slipping and calling themselves �orthodox� and discussing the Nicene Creed as if it had already been accepted, when that�s what we were here to discuss. Chris on the other side just kept repeating �Hey man, John 1:1�. Ah, the JWs have got around that one too. It was fun, and I didn't feel too bad about being a heretic. Then when I checked my e-mail later, I got this message from Serfass.

Fl. Valerius Constantinus to the Illustrious Patriarchs, Bishops, Presbyters, Deacons, and other Servants of the Supreme:

Greetings.

Your solemn assembly on this day has delighted and pleased Our Magnanimous Eminence. It is not without great respect and joy that even now we contemplate your erudite discourses, your unfolding of the mysteries of Holy Scripture, your learned interrogations, and not least of all your fine raiment. The emperor respectfully accepts your compliments upon the manifold glories of his polychrome vesture.

Whereas your sacrosanct number prepared for the Council with great labor and scholarly researches, it is the great pleasure of the Imperator Flavius Valerius Constantinus, Augustus of East and West, to cancel, abolish, and otherwise eliminate our customary meeting this Thursday. A second missive from the imperial chancellery will soon arrive in which the subject of our final meetings during the following week will be discussed.

Sent from the Hall of the Ascension, Chamber CCCXXXII, a.d. X Kai. Mai.

This means I can sleep in tomorrow! Oh, and happy birthday Shakespeare!

10:15 a.m.
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