In the summer of A.D. 325, more than 300 bishops gathered in Nicaea ... and promote unity in the Church. The first ecumenical council, known as the Council of Nicaea, is still accepted as ...

One of the council's lasting legacies is the Nicene Creed, a profession of faith still recited by Christians of all big denominations. Ecumenical ... together some 300 bishops, according to ...

While the cultural and theological circumstances have greatly changed, this first ecumenical ... bishops. In the face of such discord, Emperor Constantine summoned the Church to a general council ...

Seventeen hundred years ago — from May through July 325 — more than 200 bishops of early ... stress that the council still has relevance today, namely its ecumenical nature, or that the ...

The association and the Institute for Ecumenical Studies ... "The creed of the Council of Nicaea is not merely the result of theological reflection, but the expression of a joint, more precisely, ...

The Catholic Church this year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical synod ... bringing together 318 bishops to resolve the controversy and restore ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I led a liturgy in Istanbul on Sunday, marking the 1,700th anniversary of Christianity's first ecumenical council ... together some 300 bishops, according to ...

Catholic and Orthodox bishops at a special liturgical service at St Julian’s Church, Shrewsbury. The service, led by Archbishop Nikitas, marked 1700 years since the First Ecumenical Council of ...

Moscow recently marked the 1,700th anniversary of the first Ecumenical Council when the profession ... the challenge today for the bishops of the East and West is to show modern emperors a truth ...

700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, one of the most pivotal events in Christian history. The Orthodox church in Shrewsbury is believed to be the only one in Britain ...

The Mexican bishops’ conference condemned the murder ... a spirit of brotherhood and tolerance.” According to the Council on Foreign Relations’ Global Conflict Tracker, around six million ...