▁be ▁required ▁ ▁Lit urg ical ▁practice : ▁including ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁de a cons , ▁and ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁standing ▁at ▁prayer ▁during ▁lit ur gy ▁ ▁The ▁council ▁was ▁formally ▁opened ▁ 2 0 ▁May , ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁imperial ▁palace ▁at ▁N ica ea , ▁with ▁pre lim inary ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁the ▁A rian ▁question . ▁Emperor ▁Const antine ▁arrived ▁nearly ▁a ▁month ▁later ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁June . ▁In ▁these ▁discuss ions , ▁some ▁dominant ▁figures ▁were ▁Ari us , ▁with ▁several ▁ad her ents . ▁" Some ▁ 2 2 ▁of ▁the ▁b ish ops ▁at ▁the ▁council , ▁led ▁by ▁E use b ius ▁of ▁Nic om edia , ▁came ▁as ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁Ari us . ▁But ▁when ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁shock ing ▁pass ages ▁from ▁his ▁writ ings ▁were ▁read , ▁they ▁were ▁almost ▁univers ally ▁seen ▁as ▁bl as ph em ous ." ▁B ish ops ▁The ogn is ▁of ▁N ica ea ▁and ▁Mar is ▁of ▁Chal ced on ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁initial ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁Ari us . ▁ ▁E use b ius ▁of ▁Ca es area ▁called ▁to ▁mind ▁the ▁bapt ism al ▁cre ed ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁dioc ese ▁at ▁Ca es area ▁at ▁Palest ine , ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁recon c ili ation . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁b ish ops ▁agreed . ▁For ▁some ▁time , ▁sch ol ars ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁original ▁Nic ene ▁Cre ed ▁was ▁based