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Council of Nicaea

Living with Nicaea with Peter Casarella and Daniela Augustine

How does Nicaea speak to social and political life today?

Nicaea at 1,700: A Series Roundup

Covenant offers a dozen essays to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea. Here's a round up of those essays with links.

The Nicene Creed: Deciding the Rules of the Game

The Creed offers a generous playing field, providing some rules for a lively faith and witness to the God who saves.

The Creed’s First Home, Ten Feet Under

The 2014 sighting of a small, underwater basilica just a hundred feet from the ancient walls of Nicaea (modern Iznik) posed a series of intriguing questions.

‘True God from True God’: Nicaea after Metaphysics

The true God who comes to us brings relationship, faithfulness, and a future. It is this God who can save us.

The Nicene Creed, A Font Unstopped

From the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Chalcedon to this day, the Nicene Creed has guided theological reflection.

Who Is Jesus? Lessons from Nicaea

The Council of Nicaea was faced with a question, who is Jesus? How will we answer that question today?

Christ at the Beginning and Christ at the End: Nicaea’s Eschatology

There's a deep connection between Nicaea's teaching about the Son as eternally begotten and present in creation and his return in judgment.

Nicaea: A Journey of Faith

One can still visit Iznik in Turkey (Nicaea), which hosted a gathering of real people who safeguarded the Christian truth about God and our redemption.

The Nicene Creed and the Revelation of God

Nicene faith, expressed in creedal terms and in ancient hymns, is grounded in a Biblical experience of Christ, the Glory of Israel.

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