ROME — Pope Francis said on Thursday that he hopes to travel to Turkey next year to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Christianity’s first ecumenical council.

The Council of Nicaea convened during the pontificate of Pope Sylvester I in 325. The Council of Nicaea in 325 as depicted in a fresco in Salone Sistino at the Vatican. (photo: Giovanni Guerra ...

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 ...

Organised by the Pontifical Gregorian University and the University of Münster, an international conference will take place in Rome next week that focuses on the Council of Nicaea 1700 years ago ...

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 ...

So, the Council of Nicaea taught that there was never a time when He was not. Jesus Christ is fully divine, therefore eternal. The Council of Chalcedon, relying upon theologians following Athanasius ...

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 outcome. The deliberations at the Council of Nicaea were marked by intense conflict. According to a14th-century legend, Saint Nicholas—the figure later associated with Santa Claus—became ...