The question is anachronistic, but Irenaeus makes four key judgments about God and Christ that both Nicaea and the New Testament do. In this narrow sense, Irenaeus has a Nicene view of the Trinity.
When you mention that some believe ... "Nicaea uses Greek philosophical concepts to explain the Trinity, which were unavailable to the apostles and Christians of the 100s" you're engaging an evangelical sensibility vs. traditioned protestants.
Would love to see more on the apostolic use of "ousia," "physis," and "hypostasis". It's all there. Or, the patristic exegesis behind Nicea. Irenaeus and Athansius lack intrinsic authority for evangelicals.
Great representation of Irenaeus' views on the Trinity. I have actually been reading Against Heresies for a article on Gnosticism. Great book.
When you mention that some believe ... "Nicaea uses Greek philosophical concepts to explain the Trinity, which were unavailable to the apostles and Christians of the 100s" you're engaging an evangelical sensibility vs. traditioned protestants.
Would love to see more on the apostolic use of "ousia," "physis," and "hypostasis". It's all there. Or, the patristic exegesis behind Nicea. Irenaeus and Athansius lack intrinsic authority for evangelicals.