In the summer of 325 AD, the Roman Emperor Constantine summoned over three hundred bishops from across the Mediterranean world to the city of Nicaea to settle a dangerous dispute threatening the unity of the Church. The question at stake was deceptively simple yet theologically explosive: Who exactly is Jesus Christ? The answer they hammered out—the Nicene Creed—became one of Christianity's most enduring statements of faith, shaping how believers have understood the Trinity, the incarnation, and the person of Christ for the next seventeen centuries. Yet as we approach the 1700th anniversary of this ancient council, we might ask: Does a creed forged in fourth-century political intrigue and theological controversy still speak to us today? Why should modern Christians care about what bishops decided in an ancient city about doctrines that can feel distant from our lived faith? Over three Sundays this fall, we'll explore the Nicene Creed not as a museum piece, but as a living inheritance—one that teaches us what it means to confess faith together and to join a great cloud of witnesses across the centuries. We'll explore how the Reformed tradition has understood and appropriated this ancient confession, and what Nicaea's legacy reveals about who we are called to be as followers of Christ in 2025.
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The Series
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November 9, 2025 - Nicea and Now: What's the Point of Confessions and Creeds?
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November 16, 2025 - Nicea and Now: Filioque and the Work of the Spirit Today
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November 23, 2025 - Nicea and Now: Living What We Confess