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“Beyond the ruins, Iznik holds deep symbolic power,” said Brother Milad Yacoub, superior of a small Assumptionist community in Istanbul’s Kadikoy district, the site of the Council of Chalcedon.

The Nicene confession of faith is recognized today as an ecumenical trait d’union that no later schism or heresy has been ...

Like many Anglicans, I’ve been reciting some version of the Nicene Creed since I was old enough to sit through a church ...

Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

President, Ukrainian parliament and Patriarch Filaret of Kiev have asked Bartholomew to grant autocephaly. Metropolitan Hilarion of Moscow warns against a schism. The Orthodox of Kiev would be - ...

The resulting schism—fueled by theological ... Armenians Today Seventeen centuries after Nicaea, and fifteen after Chalcedon, the world has changed dramatically—yet the existential stakes ...

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These words would later be incorporated into what is commonly called the Nicene Creed, which, however, was actually issued by the Council of Chalcedon 126 years later in 451 CE. So, the Council of ...

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