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 ...

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 ...

Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine and the fathers of the Council of Nicaea of 325 with the Greek text of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 in its liturgical form.

Fact Check: Social media users are claiming that the Council of Nicaea determined the canon of Scripture. One user partially wrote, “• The Council of Nicaea (325 AD) decided which books were ...

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 ...

By Prof. Dennis Doyle. Well, it’s about time. I’m not suggesting that we’ve all been waiting with bated breath for the 1700 th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea (May 325 CE) to finally arrive.

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 ...

As the Catholic Church celebrates the 2025 Jubilee, it also marks the 1700th Anniversary of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. The first Ecumenical Council took place in 325, and went against the ...

The prelate pointed out that pilgrimages were organized by communities from Smyrna, Istanbul, and other Turkish dioceses.

Seventeen hundred years ago — from May through July 325 — more than 200 bishops of early Christian churches gathered in the town of Nicaea, then in the Roman province of Bithynia (now İznik ...

One user partially wrote, “• The Council of Nicaea (325 AD) decided which books were included in Western canon. • Many books were removed or changed to fit the new Church…” There is no ...