Recognizing the essential tenets of faith that Catholics and Orthodox share should be the lens through which they discuss the issues that continue to separate them, Pope Leo XIV ...

Even so, the Nicene Creed remained a point of contention. The Greek term homoousios—“consubstantial”—sparked many competing interpretations, “even though it had been part of Christian ...

The Council of Nicaea is not merely an event of the past but a compass that must continue to guide us towards the full ...

It is dangerous to put too much emphasis on the past or the future, Italian Sister Maria Gloria Riva said in a meditation for the Jubilee of the Holy See.

Christian unity will not be “primarily the fruit of our own efforts, nor will it be realized through any preconceived model ...

On Sunday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I presided over a liturgy in Istanbul to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the ...

The Nicene Creed, recited every Sunday in Catholic churches around the world, is one of the oldest credal formulae (or ...

Next summer these United States will celebrate our 250th birthday which is quite an accomplishment for what Abraham Lincoln called this, “… new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to ...

The first ecumenical council, known as the Council of Nicaea, is still accepted as authoritative by the Catholic Church, the ...

Marking 1700 years since the Council of Nicaea, this reflection revisits its historic role in shaping the Creed and Easter ...

To celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is, first and foremost, to celebrate Jesus Christ, the eternal ...

The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the ...