This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

The First Council of Nicaea (there was a second, 462 years later) was convened by Emperor Constantine in A.D. 325. The bishop of Rome at the time, Sylvester, did not attend the council, but sent ...

June 19m 325, the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumneical council of the Christian Church. Why the Nicean Creed that ...

The Council could be of interest for non-Christians today for another reason: ‘The varied reception of Nicaea and the role of Emperor Constantine at the Council are a prime example of the ...

The Council of Nicaea in 325 as depicted in a fresco in Salone Sistino at the Vatican. | Credit: Giovanni Guerra (1544-1618), Cesare Nebbia (1534-1614) e aiuti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ...

The Nicene confession of faith is recognized today as an ecumenical trait d’union that no later schism or heresy has been able to dislodge ...

The Catholic Church this year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical synod in the history of the Church, convened by Emperor Constantine in what is now ...

Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine and the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325) holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. (Credit: Wikipedia.) Listen LEICESTER, United ...

This call to a vibrant profession of faith takes on a special meaning in light of the 1,700th anniversary of a key milestone in the Church’s journey: the Council of Nicaea, which took place from ...

Around 200-250 bishops gathered in the city of Nicaea — modern day İznik in Turkey — sometime in May or June of 325 at the summons of Emperor Constantine, the first Christian ruler of the ...

İZNIK, Turkey (RNS) — For Christian leaders across the world and across denominations, the anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea is providing an opportunity for introspection and ...