www.byzcath.org Forums Faith & Christian Life Faith & Theology BBC Radio 4 - Nicene Creed Broadcast

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime.shtml

Thus begins the Nicene Creed, a statement of essential faith spoken for over 1600 years in Christian Churches - Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant.

But what has become a universal statement was written for a very particular purpose - to defeat a 4th century theological heresy called Arianism and to establish that Jesus Christ was, indeed, God. The story of the Creed is in many ways the story of early Christianity � of delicate theology and robust politics. It changed the Church and it changed the Roman Empire, but that it has lasted for nearly 2000 years would seem extraordinary to those who created it.

Contributors

Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture

Caroline Humfress, Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of London

Andrew Louth, Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies at the University of Durham

Thanks very much for this link, it was an interesting discussion. I'm glad that Fr Andrew was there to speak from an Orthodox standpoint and to challenge the others when necessary, and Melvin Bragg did a good job at keeping things on track.

Brigid