Friends, at the time of the Nicene Creed’s formulation, Christians had been teaching, preaching, and theologizing about Jesus for almost three centuries.

In many ways, the Nicene declaration represents a summary and distillation of that long process of reflection.

To celebrate the Creed’s 1700th anniversary, I joined His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael Symeonides of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago at Ss. Kosmas and Damianos Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Minnesota.

There, I spoke of Christ’s centrality during the Council of Nicaea. Indeed, throughout the ages, all distinctively Christian faith begins and ends with Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God.

Enjoy our conversation!