Foreword Introduction Prelude Echoes of Nicaea: Enduring Faith and Embracing Unity — Jerry Pillay Chapter One: Nicaea in Historical and Political Perspective 1.1. Creed, Sword, and Empire: Why Did the Emperor Constantine Convoke the Council in Nicaea? — Kathleen M. Griffin 1.2. Temporal Power’s Interference in the Ecclesiastical Realm — Ipe Kochupallikunnel Abraham 1.3. Nicaea and Empire 325 CE: Exploring the Colonial and Decolonial Tensions in the Motivation, Process, and Outcomes of the First Ecumenical Council — Masiiwa Ragies Gunda 1.4. The Nicene Story as Preserved and Transmitted in the Syriac Tradition: Analysing the Theological and Ecumenical Significance of the Historical Memory of the First Ecumenical Council — Jibin Thomas Abraham Chapter Two: The Faith of Nicaea: Theology, Christology, and Trinitarian Doctrine 2.1. A Consideration of the Personal and Vivid Character of the Triune God in Today’s Context: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective — Nicolae Mo?oiu 2.2. Christ, the Crowds, and the Church: An Analysis of the Nicaea Council Christological Controversy Inspired by Matthew 16:13–17 — Charles Joseph Guibla 2.3. Johannine Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed — Yousef Khasho 2.4. Christological Trinitarianism as the Basis for Uniqueness and Universality of Jesus Christ — Bendanglemla Longkumer 2.5. “For Us All, and for Our Salvation, [He] Came Down . . . and Was Incarnate . . .” 2.6. Understanding the Nicene Creed Through the Perspective of Receptive Ecumenism: We Believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church — Emma Jansson 2.7. The Continuing Relative Value of Classical Creedal Christology: A Horizon for Pluralistic World Christianity — Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen Chapter Three: Contextual Readings of Nicaea 3.1. Un-Mimicking the Contextual Inference of the First Council of Nicaea: Toward an African Perspective on Ecumenical Collaboration — Yusuf J. Luxman 3.2. “And He Suffered Under Pontius Pilate”: Implications of the Nicene Creed for the Intersection of Religion and Politics in the Global South—An African Pentecostal Perspective — Daniel Nicolaas Andrew 3.3. Okra Christology: Reimagining the Nicaean Christ Within African (Akan) Ontology — Robert Owusu Agyarko 3.4. Revisiting Nicaea: Significance for Indian Christian Mission Response to Hindutva — Ashish John Archer 3.5. Embracing Theological Diversity: Indigenous Perspectives from Northeast India — Taimaya Ragui 3.6. Making Sense of Nicaea After 1700 Years — Wong Wai Ching Angela 3.7. Confessing Faith Through the Nicene Creed in Settler-Colonial Australia: What Use Is a Creed Constructed Under the Protection of the Emperor? — Chris Budden 3.8. Contextualizing Nicaea in Contemporary Pacific Theologies: Contested Notions of Reaffirmation or Renewal — Terry Pouono 3.9. “The Giver of Life”: Reviewing the Work of the Holy Spirit from a Chinese Christian Perspective Chapter Four: Gender, Justice, and Liberation 4.1. Re-examining the Role of Women in the Council of Nicaea and Their Contributions to the Formation of Church Doctrine: Lessons for the Church in Nigeria — Iliya Ogidis Moses 4.2. Liberating Faith: Advancing Gender Justice Through the Reinterpretation of the Nicene Creed in the Zimbabwean Churches — Mbongeni Proud Dube 4.3. Reading the Nicene Creed Through a Liberative Lens — Joerg Rieger 4.4. Reading the Nicene Creed Through the Works of Rahner, Boff, and Everyday Faith Experiences of Indigenous Communities in India — Shiluinla Jamir 4.5. Discovering “Love”: Unearthing the Missing Word in the Creeds—An Ecumenical and Interreligious Exploration — Clare Amos Chapter Five: Unity, Apostolicity, and Ecumenical Dialogue 5.1. God’s Precious Gift of Unity: Encouragement from Nicaea for the Ecumenism of Today — Susan Durber 5.2. Unity Without Creed? A Case Study on the Uses and Limits of Nicaea — Liam Jerrold Fraser 5.3. Building Bridges Across Traditions: Nicaea’s Legacy in Contemporary Ecumenical Relations — Abel Joshua Abey 5.4. The Unity of Faith in the Context of Nicaea as a Theological and Pastoral Criterion for Ecumenical Dialogue Today — Nicholas Papantoniou 5.5. Nicaea as a Shared Foundation and Enduring Challenge for Ecumenism: The Council of Nicaea and Its Creed in Bilateral Theological Dialogues — Johannes Oeldemann 5.6. Toward Ecumenical Pedagogy: Nurturing Unity Through Teaching Nicaea Ecumenically — Zipporah Wamaitha Mwaura 5.7. Apostolic Faith Today: The Impact of Nicaea on Christian Doctrine and Ecumenism — Tomi Karttunen 5.8. The Significance of the Nicene Creed in Lutheranism for Identity and Ecumenism — H. Ashley Hall 5.9. Towards a Theology of Confession: Learning from Nicaea and Belhar — Marthinus J. Havenga and Robert Vosloo 5.10. Contrasting Pentecostal Models of Apostolicity: Embrace or Erase the Council of Nicaea? — Harold D. Hunter 5.11. Apostolicity: How to Realize the Demand for a Common Understanding of Ordination and Episkopé? — Manfred Richter 5.12. The Ecumenical Significance of the Notae Ecclesiae: Lessons from the Faith and Order Study on Ecclesiology — Stanley Jayakumar Yesudass 5.13. Transversalizing Notae Ecclesiae — Christanto Sema Rappan Paledung Chapter Six: Liturgy, Common Prayer, and Ecology 6.1. Re-Reading the Book of Nature Through the Nicene Creed — Ingrid Nilsson 6.2. Human Salvation and Ecological Redemption in the Nicene Creed — Boram Cha 6.3. We Believe—The Creed as Divine-Human Encounter: A Liturgical Reassessment — Neal D. Presa 6.4. The Nicene Creed: The Empowerment of the Laos of God and the Lost Impetus of Lay Leadership — André M. Stephany Contributors