Christian History

Issue 85

The Council of Nicaea: Debating Jesus’ Divinity

Originally published in 2005

Christian History magazine was published by Christianity Today from 1982 to 2008.

Articles in this Issue

The Road to Nicaea

The Council of Nicaea Strove to Answer one of the Central Questions of the Christian Faith, but it also Proved that Theology is Never a Tidy Buisiness

How Arianism Almost Won

After the Council of Nicaea, the real fight for the divinity of Christ began.

Why a Creed?

A Conversation with Robert Louis Wilken

Taking Care of (Church) Business

More was decided at the Council of Nicaea than the nature of Christ.

Do You Know Whom You Worship?

Did the Nicene Creed distort the pure gospel, or did it embody and protect it?

Saints and Heretics

Key players in a high-stakes game of politics and theology.

Athanasius

A short biography of the “Pugnacious Defender of Orthodoxy.”

A Marriage Made in Byzantium

When it came to determining doctrine, there were limits to an emperor’s power.

The Final Act

It took almost 60 years for the church to make Nicaea its standard of faith.

Holiness of heart, life, and pen

Charles Wesley and Charles H. Sheldon

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