It’s hard to imagine Christianity without the Nicene Creed. Seventeen hundred years ago, what became the defining statement of Christianity was adopted in Nicaea (present-day Iznik, Turkey). Back then, Iznik was an outpost of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine the Great in what used to be called Asia Minor. #NiceneCreed #Turkey #Christianhistory #Constantine
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Travel:VisitingTurkey1,700yearsaftertheNiceneCreedwasadoptedByDennisLennox,CPContributorSunday,March23,2025HagiaSophia,thegreatcathedralundertheRomansandByzantines,inIstanbul,Turkey.|DennisLennoxIt’shardtoimagineChristianitywithouttheNiceneCreed.
Regularchurchgoerswillsurelyknowallorsomeofthewords—“IbelieveinoneGodtheFatherAlmighty,makerofheavenandearth…”—eveniftheydon’tknowtheoriginofwhat’srecitedalmosteverySundaybymostChristiansworldwide.
Seventeenhundredyearsago,whatbecamethedefiningstatementofChristianitywasadoptedinNicaea(present-dayIznik,Turkey).Backthen,IznikwasanoutpostoftheRomanEmpireunderEmperorConstantinetheGreatinwhatusedtobecalledAsiaMin
