had emerged that the world was created from nothing rather than from preexistent matter and that the world was not coexistent with God. 3. Finally, but most importantly, everyone affirmed the lordship or primacy of Christ. Despite some differences, theologians broadly agreed on what was involved in affirming Christ’s lordship. We can count seven elements of a common christological confession. a. All parties confessed Jesus Christ in the context of worship.10 The question was precisely how to interpret