‘Not so fast my friend’ – 1700 years since Nicaea – with Rachel Ciano and Leonardo De Chirico

Posted on May 14, 2025 
Filed under History, Theology

From The Pastor’s Heart:

“It is 1700 years since the Council of Nicaea and the publication of the Nicene Creed – but what are we to make of it?

It was the twentieth of May in the year 325 that the Council of Nicaea first met. Pope Francis said ‘The Nicene Creed is a powerful sign of unity among Christians.’

The 17 hundredth anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is being used by the Roman Catholic Church to push the idea that ‘All Christians are Nicene Christians.’

However the difficulty is that while we say the same words, Roman Catholics and Protestants mean vastly different things, and any unity is a fake unity at best.

Leonardo De Chirico is pastor of the Church Brecha di Roma and director of the Reformanda Initiative.

Rachel Ciano lectures in Christianity and History at Sydney Missionary and Bible College. She is a faculty member at the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, hosted by The Reformanda Initiative.”

– Watch or listen here.

Related:

The Nicene Creed – The nature of Christian unity and the meaning of gospel words  – Edited by Mark Gilbert and Leonardo De Chirico. Matthias Media.

“The Diversity of Religions is the Will of God”. A Window into Pope Francis’s Theology of Religions – Leonardo De Chirico at Vatican Files.