us ' ▁teach ings ▁to ▁be ▁an ath ema , ▁form ulating ▁the ▁cre ed ▁as ▁a ▁statement ▁of ▁correct ▁doctrine . ▁When ▁Ari us ▁and ▁two ▁follow ers ▁refused ▁to ▁agree , ▁the ▁b ish ops ▁pron ounced ▁cler ical ▁jud g ement ▁by ▁ex communic ating ▁them ▁from ▁the ▁Church . ▁Res pect ing ▁the ▁cler ical ▁decision , ▁and ▁seeing ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁continued ▁un rest , ▁Const antine ▁also ▁pron ounced ▁civil ▁jud g ement , ▁ban ishing ▁them ▁into ▁ex ile . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁using ▁sec ular ▁power ▁to ▁establish ▁do ctr inal ▁orth odox y ▁within ▁Christian ity , ▁an ▁example ▁followed ▁by ▁all ▁later ▁Christian ▁em per ors , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁circle ▁of ▁Christian ▁violence , ▁and ▁of ▁Christian ▁resistance ▁c ouch ed ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁mart yr dom . ▁ ▁Mis con ception s ▁ ▁Bib lic al ▁canon ▁▁ ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁record ▁of ▁any ▁discussion ▁of ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁canon ▁at ▁the ▁council . ▁The ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁canon ▁was ▁nearly ▁complete ▁( with ▁exceptions ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Ant ile gom ena , ▁written ▁texts ▁whose ▁authentic ity ▁or ▁value ▁is ▁disput ed ) ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁Mur ator ian ▁fragment ▁was ▁written . ▁ ▁In ▁ 3 3 1 , ▁Const antine ▁commission ed ▁fifty ▁B ibles ▁for ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁Constantin ople , ▁but ▁little ▁else ▁is ▁known ▁( in ▁fact , ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁even ▁certain ▁whether