Nicaea and the Future of Christianity

by: Demacopoulos, G.E.

 
Nicaea and the future of Christianity

Authors:
George E. Demacopoulos (Editor),
Aristotle Papanikolaou (Editor)

Summary:"Commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, this volume offers an original examination of the enduring impact of the single most famous gathering of Christians since the apostolic age. Despite the longstanding historical and theological study of the Council of Nicaea, several central questions remain. Was Nicaea a theological event or a political one? What does it mean if it was both? Was Constantine?s intervention without precedent, or was he simply continuing a long-standing role of a Roman emperor who was responsible for leading a religious cult (albeit now for a different faith tradition)? And what about the actual theological debates of Nicaea and our ability to understand them? Scholars might never exhaust this avenue of inquiry, despite the numerous studies in recent decades. For many scholars and Christian activists today, the significance of Nicaea centers around the idea of conciliarity and what this has meant, both historically and theologically, for the Christian community. Why and how did Nicaea become foundational for thinking that the church operates in a conciliar manner? How did that work historically in different parts of the Christian world? And how should it work today? Nicaea and the Future of Christianity offers a fresh, globally-diverse, ecumenically-minded approach to these questions with an impressive collection of both senior and junior scholars, reflecting a diversity of views within the Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant traditions. The great benefit of this wide-ranging approach lies precisely in its ability to see the many ways in which Nicaea continues to speak to the future of Christianity.

Series:
Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought

vi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Contents:
IntroductionGeorge Demacopoulos and Aristotle Papanikolaou 1PART I: NICAEAN THEOLOGIESUnder the Shadow of the Samosatene: From Antioch 268 to Nicaea 325 and Beyond 9John BehrChristophanic Exegesis in Defense of the Nicaean Faith: Patristic Authors and Scholars of Patristics 22Bogdan G. BucurNicaea in the Dogmatic Order of Late Antiquity 42Emanuel FianoHans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac, and the Paradox of Nicaea 52Francesca Aran MurphyThe Theologian, the Historian, and the Holy Spirit: Reflections Around Nicaea 67Karen KilbyGod with Us: A Contemporary Sophiological Christology 75Brandon GallaherPART II: HISTORICAL MEMORYThe First Council of Nicaea: Golden Standard or Squandered Opportunity? 97John ChryssavgisPreaching Nicaea in Verse: The Legacy of the Council in the Writings of Jacob of Serugh 117Erin WalshCivic Religion in the Long Roman Empire 137Leonora NevilleNicaea?s Digital Afterlives 155Caroline T. SchroederPART III: CONCILIARITYThe Council of Jerusalem and the Council of Nicaea 177Leslie BaynesNature, Will, and Grace: The Council of Nicaea and the Ontological Presuppositions of Conciliarity 191Demetrios BathrellosConciliarity Beyond the Greco-Roman Empire:Thomas Christian Yogams and Lay Participation in Ecclesial Decision Making 208Jaisy A. JosephNicaea, Negative Theology, Democracy 225Vincent LloydPART IV: ECUMENICAL IMPLICATIONSA Symbol of the Whole: The Nicene Creed and Dogmatic Minimalism 239Alexis TorranceNicaea, Pelikan, and the Legitimacy of Doctrinal Development in Orthodoxy 250A. Edward SiecienskiNewman, Nicaea, and the Prerogatives of the Past 260Cyril O?ReganNicaea and the Legacy of Truth: Bounded Virtue and Ascetical Spirituality 281Stephen M. MeawadPART V: THE FUTURE OF NICAEARe-Reception of the Faith of Nicaea Then and Now:Reflections on the Role of Reinterpretation of Theology Through Conciliarity 293Maxim VasiljevicThe Future of Nicaea 305Christophe ChalametNicaea as a Task for the Future 315Kathryn TannerList of Contributors 329

Subjects:
Christianisme
Christianity
Church history
Council of Nicaea (1st : 325 : Nicaea, Turkey)
Council of Nicaea (1st : 325 : Nicaea, Turkey) Influence
Église Histoire
church history

Nicaea and the Future of Christianity

by: Demacopoulos, G.E.

• ISBN-13: 9781531510169 / 978-1-5315-1016-9
• ISBN-03: 1531510167 / 1-5315-1016-7
• Fordham University Press, New York, 2025

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