One of the council's lasting legacies is the Nicene Creed, a profession of faith still recited by Christians of all big ...

Christian leaders stress that the council and its anniversary still have relevance in the modern day, despite theological ...

COMMENTARY: The first ecumenical council made a landmark profession of Christ’s divine identity that continues to anchor the ...

700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, said he hoped Pope Leo would "combine a visit to Nicaea with an official visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, on the occasion of our feast ...

Referring to the joint commemoration of the 1,700th anniversary of the first Ecumenical Council as “a pilgrimage”, Bartholomew suggested a new date for the new pope to visit Turkey ...

The forthcoming Ecumenical Council, to be convened here by Pope John XXIII next October, will probably discuss ways of removing from the Jews the stigma of “slayers of God,” Augustin Cardinal ...

When they do so, their celebration will draw on a tradition stretching back 1,700 years to the Council of Nicaea, regarded by virtually all Christians as the first ecumenical council of the church.

The first Ecumenical Council took place in 325, and went against the Arian heresy, which denied the true divinity of Jesus Christ. This is why the Nicene Creed is read every Sunday at Mass ...

The church universal this year celebrates the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council intended to address all the churches of Christianity. Though his ongoing ...

Religious bodies such as the World Council of Churches (WCC) and leaders in the ecumenical sphere are now calling for increased efforts to unify celebrations starting in 2025. In a providential ...

Icon from the Mégalo Metéoron Monastery in Greece, representing the First Ecumenical Council of Nikea 325 A.D., with the condemned Arius in the bottom of the icon. (Credit: Wikimedia.) ...

The First Ecumenical Council, the meeting of Christian bishops that was held in 325 in Nicaea (today İznik, Turkey), laid the groundwork for reaching consensus within the Church through an ...