Is it possible to force the Christian faith into formulas?

An event on the so-called "Creed of Nicaea" will take place on Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Catholic Academy Freiburg, Wintererstr. 1, in cooperation with the Association of Christian Churches in Freiburg (ACK).

Around 300 bishops from all parts of Christendom gathered for the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325. Its final document, a fundamental confession of faith, is still influential for the churches of the worldwide ecumenical movement today. On the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Kinzig takes a comprehensive look at this creed and its history of impact. And what significance do the Christian creeds actually have in our time?

Wolfram Kinzig is Professor of Church History at the Protestant Theological Faculty of the Rheinische Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn.