Nizäa – Das erste Konzil. Historische, theologische und ökumenische Perspektiven, hg. von Jan Heiner Tück und Uta Heil, Herder: Freiburg i.Br. 2025. 480 S. ISBN: 978-3-451-38391-5
The Council of Nicaea is considered an epoch-making event. It dogmatically clarified the controversial question of whether Jesus Christ is the Son of God and rejected the position of Arius. But how did Arius come to deny that the Son and the Father are equally God? And the Council - did its decision not stylise the Galilean itinerant preacher into a divine being and leave the ground of the biblical belief in God? Nicaea still raises questions today - historical, theological and ecumenical. What is the historical context of the Arian controversy? What interests was Emperor Constantine pursuing when he invited the bishops to his residence? Is this the beginning of the problematic symbiosis of throne and altar? How is the theological course set at Nicaea to be understood? Did it falsify the gospel in a Hellenistic way? And did the dogma that Jesus is the Son of God represent a renunciation of Judaism? The Nicene Creed is shared by Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants. This has significance for ecumenism. The liturgy has taken up the creed, so the impact of the Council of Nicea can hardly be overestimated. But how can it be reinterpreted under modern conditions? (from the publisher's announcement)