sentences:  Even the "semi-Arians" such as Eusebius of Caesarea accepted the term and signed the Nicene Creed.Constantine, though he initially backed the Arians, supported the decision of the Council in order to unify the Church and his Empire.He ordered that any bishop, including his friend Eusebius of Nicomedia, who refused to sign the Creed should be removed from their positions in the Church and exiled from the Empire.