The story of the historical Jesus is not an easy story to tell. There is very little evidence for historians to rely on and no sources dating back to the actual time of Jesus. Years after his death there were attempts to document what Jesus said and did during his life and the preaching he taught (Fisher, 2008 , p. 295). We know that Jesus was born during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus. Historians believe that Jesus was born and raised in a village called Nazareth, although the Gospel states that he was born in Bethlehem (From Jesus to Christ, 1998). Nazareth was located in Galilee, which was ruled by Rome at the time (Fisher, 2008, p. 299). Sepphoris was an important city, located near Nazareth, which had a large Roman and Greek culture. Recent excavations at Sepphoris tell scholars that it was a sophisticated environment. It is believed that Jesus may have had a more traditional upbringing, thus being a "humble carpenter" of low social status, or farmer, as the Bible states. Because there is so little evidence of Jesus, there are conflicting theories about who Jesus really was and how he grew up. Some historians believe that Jesus was part of the artisan class and worked in the city of Sepphoris. They also believe he was trilingual, speaking Aramaic, Hebrew, and Hellenistic Greek, so he could do business in the city of Sepphoris and do his ministerial work (From Jesus to Christ, 1998). It is also known that Jesus was Jewish and was a preacher of Jewish texts. Historians believe the evidence linking John and Jesus is the strongest they can find. “The ministry of John the Baptist, a prophet who quotes Isaiah's prophecies about the coming of the Kingdom of God. He was conducting baptism in the Jordan River in preparation for the Kingdom of... middle of paper... between God and Jesus. Arius was the leader of a congregation who believed: “Christians worshiped Jesus, but at the same time they came from the monotheistic Jewish tradition, in which only God is worshiped (Fisher, 2008, p. 320). In other words, Arius believed that Jesus did not have the same status as God because he was a human being. Others believed that “Jesus is properly worshiped as the incarnation of God” (Fisher, 2008, p. 320). To resolve this problem, Constantine formed a general council, called the Nicene Council. They debated the issue for decades and eventually rejected Arius' beliefs and created the Nicene Creed. The Nicene Creed states that the Father descended from heaven as the Holy Spirit and became man through the Virgin Mary. This belief is a “profession of faith for many Christian dominations” (Fisher, 2008, p. 320) and has helped unify all Christians.