Nizäa conference in Rome: Church representatives discuss conflicts of faith!

In Rome, an ambitious international theologian congress came to an end on Saturday, which focused on the 1,700th anniversary of Nizean's creed. The event, which was organized by the Pontifical University of Gregoriana and the University of Münster, illuminated the profound theological and historical background of this groundbreaking council, which took place in 325 under Kaiser Konstantin and is still of central importance for all major Christian denominations, such as kathpress.at reported . Central questions were: What does it mean that Jesus is both man and God, and how has the relationship between Christianity, Judaism and Islam have developed since then?

Michael Seewald, one of the organizers of the congress, emphasized the relevance of this Council for modern theology and the challenges with which the church is confronted today. "The great Christian churches recognize the Nican Creed with a few later additions, but what the members of these churches actually believe is often a different matter," explained Seewald. With the aim of bundle 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 are to be deepened, such as uni-muenster.de announced .

important topics and developments

An important point of the congress was the planned meeting of several heads of the church in Turkey in May. This event, in which Pope Francis should also take part, had to be canceled due to his illness. The participants not only discussed the theological implications of Nizea, but also the political dimensions on which the foundation of the council was based on, which shows how much religious questions and political interests overlap over centuries.