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Pope Leo Says Council of Nicaea Still Has Role to Play for Christian Unity
Pope Leo XIV urges Christians to renew the Nicene Creed's profession of faith, highlighting its ecumenical role in unity and peace, marking 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea.
- On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV issued the Apostolic Letter `In Unitate Fidei` ahead of his Apostolic Journey to Türkiye for the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea.
- The First Council of Nicaea, convened in 325 by Emperor Constantine I, contested the Arian heresy and affirmed Christ's divinity, producing the Nicene Creed to unify doctrine.
- The Apostolic Letter `In Unitate Fidei` is structured in twelve points to encourage faith renewal, with Pope Leo XIV underlining the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed's central role in Sunday worship.
- Facing persistent divisions, the letter calls for renewed ecumenical dialogue, recognising other Churches and ecclesial communities as brothers and sisters, and invites prayer to the Holy Spirit to revive faith, hope and charity.
- Lingering theological disputes mean some groups still reject the Creed, including restoration and Unitarian churches, while the `filioque` remains a subject of Orthodox-Catholic dialogue and Saint John Paul II promoted this message thirty years ago.
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Pope issues apostolic letter on the Creed, marking anniversary of Nicaea
Pope Leo XIV signs a document in this file photo from Oct. 4, 2025. The pope released an apostolic letter, "In Unitate Fidei" ("In the Unity of Faith") Nov. 23, 2025, looking at the Creed on the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY
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