Issue 158 Debating Jesus's divinity

How the need for doctrinal clarity paved the road to Nicaea

How the Nicene Creed sharpened understanding and confession of the faith 

The rise of the pro-Nicene alliance and Trinitarian understanding 

The council’s real impact came decades later and through new voices

Readers respond to Christian History

theological discussions, debates, and conflict reached a boiling point in the fourth century

The “Nicene Creed” used in church hymnals and liturgies is a different creed from the one accepted at Nicaea in 325

 Arguments on the relationship of Father and Son

The 20 canons of the council and other church issues

The council was overwhelmingly Eastern

We know almost nothing of Athanasius’s early life

Events that led to the Council of Nicaea and the controversies that came after

An interview with Robert Louis Wilken

The council’s main figures

A reflection on and A celebration of who Christians worship, both before and after the Council of Nicaea

The Council of Nicaea: 1,700 years later

Study the Nicene council, its creed, and the figures around it with these resources written and recommended by our authors and editors.