Nicaea conference in Rome: Church representatives discuss religious conflicts!

An ambitious international theological congress that focused on the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed came to an end in Rome on Saturday. The event, organized by the Pontifical Gregorian University and the University of Münster, illuminated the profound theological and historical background of this groundbreaking council, which took place in 325 under Emperor Constantine and remains central to all major Christian denominations today kathpress.at reported. The central questions were: What does it mean that Jesus is both human and God, and how has the relationship between Christianity, Judaism and Islam developed since then?

Michael Seewald, one of the organizers of the congress, emphasized the relevance of this council to modern theology and the challenges facing the church today. “The major Christian churches recognize the Nicene Creed with some later additions, but what the members of these churches actually believe is often a different matter,” explained Seewald. With the aim of bundling interdisciplinary research approaches and exploring the social dimensions of faith, a second part of the conference is already planned for October in Münster, where the topics will be discussed in more depth uni-muenster.de announced.

Important topics and developments

A significant point of the congress was the planned meeting of several church leaders in Turkey in May. However, this event, which Pope Francis was also supposed to take part in, had to be canceled due to his illness. Participants discussed not only the theological implications of Nicaea, but also the political dimensions underlying the founding of the Council, demonstrating the extent to which religious issues and political interests have intersected over the centuries.