#Christianity, as it is known now, is largely a product of #Roman power relations & needs, with its diversity, and its apolitical pacifism, steadily stamped out. On #ThisDayInHistory in 380, #EmperorTheodosiusI declared his wish that all citizens convert to #Nicene Christianity.
#Roman Emperor #ConstantiusII departed from his father's religious policies. #ConstantineTheGreat left #paganism alone and favoured #Nicene #Christianity. Constantius favoured #Arian Christianity and, #ThisDayInHistory in 356, forbid most pagan worship. He also repressed Judaism.
What we know of early #Christianity is seldom passed to believers, including its massive diversity. #Arianism, e.g., believed #Jesus only human, and several kingdoms promoted it. On #ThisDayInHistory in 484, the #Arian #Vandal state ended its persecution of #Nicene Christianity.
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“Ip’s detailed analysis significantly deepens our understanding of how #Divine simplicity operated at the heart of early #Trinitarian thought, offering a rich ‘doctrinal ecology’ that laid the groundwork for later #Nicene developments.” ~The Heythrop Journal
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‘That there is Life beyond Death: #Heaven and #Bach’.
@grahamkings.bsky.social ‘Covenant’, the last in the BBC Radio 4 series on the #Nicene Creed.
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Fine Lent talk, BBC Radio 4 (Sun 9 Mar 2025, 7.45pm), by Prof Frances Young, ‘The Creed: That God is Almighty’.
The first of 6 talks on the #Nicene Creed, with music from #Bach’s B-Minor Mass.
I will be presenting the last one on Palm Sun, 9 March, ‘Heaven & Bach’.
Some light reading as we approach the 1700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council at Nicea, convened by Emperor Constantine in 325. #nicene #creed #ecumenical
