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Fall 2025

Volume 31, Number 4 · Two articles

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  1. The Nicene Creed in Historical Context Jerry Andrews
  2. The Nicene Creed Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow Joseph D. Small

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  1. Confessing the Faith

    The Nicene Creed in Historical Context

    Why did Constantine summon the bishops to Nicaea, and how did the church remember the moment afterward? Andrews traces the council through the eyes of Eusebius and Theodoret, the historians who first preserved its witness for the centuries that followed.

    Jerry Andrews27 min read

  2. Confessing the Faith

    The Nicene Creed Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow

    The Council of Nicaea was 1,700 years ago, but Small argues its disputes still live in pews and pulpits unrecognized. He examines what the Creed affirms and what it refuses to believe, drawing on Barth and Christopher Morse to recover the necessity of confessing both.

    Joseph D. Small31 min read
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