4.34 Bryan Litfin, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "From Nicaea to the “Nicene Creed”: Sixty Years of Confusion and Controversy"
Update: 2025-07-30
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ABOUT THE EPISODE
Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Bryan Litfin on his Christ Over All essay: "From Nicaea to the “Nicene Creed”: Sixty Years of Confusion and Controversy"
Timestamps
- 00:48 – Intro
- 04:15 – Introducing Dr. Litfin’s Book on the Trinity
- 05:30 – What Has Helped Dr. Litfin to be a Good Storyteller?
- 07:18 – What Is
- 10:44 – Why Does the History Around the Nicene Creed Matter?
- 13:08 – Did the Council of Nicaea Anticipate the Fight that was Going to Come?
- 15:10 – The Legend of Saint Nicholas
- 17:13 – The Demise of Arius
- 19:35 – How Did Athanasius Become a Main Figure in the Fight for Orthodoxy?
- 24:38 – Athanasius’ Two Volumes Against the Arians
- 26:25 – The Different Theological Groups Around the Time of Nicaea
- 30:26 – How Athanasius Made His Arguments
- 32:20 – History of the Political Influence Between 325-381
- 34:24 – The Cappadocians
- 37:56 – Why Was There Less Participation in the Time of Theodosius?
- 39:57 – What Changes Took Place in the Statements Between 325 and 381?
- 42:38 – Why Was There Not as Much Said about the Holy Spirit?
- 48:14 – The Pneumatomachians
- 50:27 – What Conception Did They Have in Terms of the Spirit’s Saving Power?
- 53:08 – The Nicene Fathers’ Understanding of the Church and Baptism
- 56:08 – Should We Go Back to the Apostolic Fathers to Clarify Our Doctrine?
- 1:00:57 – A Trinitarian Approach to the Gospel
- 1:03:57 – The Trinity and Salvation
- 1:06:21 – Outro
Resources to Click
- “From Nicaea to the “Nicene Creed”: Sixty Years of Confusion and Controversy” – Bryan Litfin
- com – Bryan Litfin
- Rufinus of Aquileia: Historia Ecclesiastical, Book 10, chs. 1-6 (Excerpt on the First Council of Nicaea)
- Letter of Eusebius of Nicomedia and Theognis of Nicaea to a Council – Fourth Century Christianity
- The Death of Arius (Post Nicene Fathers Excerpt) – Philip Schaff
- The Dialogue Against the Luciferians – Jerome; Philip Schaff
- The Nicene Creed – Book of Common Prayer
- Theme of the Month: The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of Homoousios
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Books to Read
- The Story of the Trinity: Controversy, Crisis, and the Creation of the Nicene Creed – Bryan Litfin
- The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia: books 10 and 11 – Rufinus of Aquilea trans. Philip R. Amidon
- The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions – Clyde Pharr
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