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Christian History & Biography, Winter 2005
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The Road to Nicaea
The Council of Nicaea strove to answer one of the central questions of the Christian faith, but it also proved that theology is never a tidy business.
John Anthony McGuckin
Also: Who Came to the Council of Nicaea?, Taking Care of (Church) Business
"Do You Know Whom You Worship?"
Did the Nicene Creed distort the pure gospel, or did it embody and protect it?
D. H. Williams
Why a Creed?
A conversation with Robert Louis Wilken
Also: Which Creed is Which?
Gallery: Saints and Heretics
Key players in a high-stakes game of politics and theology
Elesha Coffman
Also: Athanasius—Pugnacious Defender of Orthodoxy
A Marriage Made in Byzantium
When it came to determining doctrine, there were limits to an emperor's power
Bradley Nassif
How Arianism Almost Won
After Nicaea, the real fight began
Christopher A. Hall
The Final Act
It took almost 60 years for the church to make Nicaea its standard of faith
Lewis Ayres
Departments:
Living History
Dogs, missions, and holy relics
Eyewitness
The Dead Sea Scrolls unrolled
Story Behind
New wine, new wineskins
People Worth Knowing
Charles Wesley and Charles M. Sheldon: Holiness of heart, life, and pen
Turning Point
How Armenia "Invented" Christendom
Changed Lives
Thomas C. Oden: Surprised by orthodoxy
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