The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD under the Roman emperor Constantine approved the official "doctrine" of Christianity as a State religion. One of the things Constantine did at the Council of Nicaea, was to separate the Jewish "Passover" holiday from the pagan spring festival of "Easter", which is based on a female fertility goddess. To separate the "Jews" from the "Christians", "Easter" was declared to be a "Christian" holiday centered around the resurrection of Jesus Christ, because it occurred about the same time as the Jewish Passover. The Roman emperor Constantine (who would be labeled "antisemitic" by the Zionists today) reportedly declared: “Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd; for we have received from our Saviour a different way.” (Eusebius’ Life of Constantine, Book III chapter 18)