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The Seven Councils

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Foreword

A true story of emperors, bishops, exiles and arguments, and how the Church kept the faith through seven great councils.

  1. Part 1: The First Ecumenical Council: Nicaea and the Creed We Still Say

    Every Sunday you say a creed that was argued over, word by word, in the summer of 325. Here is what happened at Nicaea, and why one word mattered so much.

  2. Part 2: The Second Ecumenical Council: Constantinople and the Holy Spirit

    Fifty years after Nicaea, the faith was still being argued in the bakeries. Here is how the Council of Constantinople finished the Creed, and where three words went missing.

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