Oct 2, 2025 02:34 AM
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1100417
EXCERPTS: Organised jointly by the University of Münster and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, an international conference in Mid-October will focus on the Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago and its ecumenical, interreligious and intercultural significance...
[...] On the significance of the Council for people today, Seewald says: ‘The major Christian churches all recognise the Nicene Creed with some later additions. But what the members of these churches actually believe is a different matter. Most believers today cannot be mapped onto the theological landscape of the 4th century. While the conflicting groups at that time agreed that Jesus Christ was not merely a simple human being, many Christians today believe that Jesus was a remarkable person who was only (and perhaps exaggeratedly) deified retrospectively’. This view only began to have an impact on Christian theology in the 18th century. ‘The theology of the ancient church, on the other hand, cultivated a Christology that was highly developed speculatively’... (MORE - missing details, no ads)
EXCERPTS: Organised jointly by the University of Münster and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, an international conference in Mid-October will focus on the Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago and its ecumenical, interreligious and intercultural significance...
[...] On the significance of the Council for people today, Seewald says: ‘The major Christian churches all recognise the Nicene Creed with some later additions. But what the members of these churches actually believe is a different matter. Most believers today cannot be mapped onto the theological landscape of the 4th century. While the conflicting groups at that time agreed that Jesus Christ was not merely a simple human being, many Christians today believe that Jesus was a remarkable person who was only (and perhaps exaggeratedly) deified retrospectively’. This view only began to have an impact on Christian theology in the 18th century. ‘The theology of the ancient church, on the other hand, cultivated a Christology that was highly developed speculatively’... (MORE - missing details, no ads)