"If the devil divides, the creed unites!" the pope said in his ... in audience young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox churches. Oriental Orthodox churches, as differentiated from the Eastern ...

The second ecumenical council, held at Constantinople in 381, kept this expression in its formulation of the Nicene ... with the Orthodox Churches." 248. "At the outset the Eastern tradition ...

Pope Francis offered that reminder on Thursday as he met with a delegation of Orthodox clergy taking part in ... when we profess our faith by proclaiming the Nicene Creed. He pointed out that the ...

He noted that Pope Francis and the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew have ... likely continue until “the re- turn of our Lord.” Still, he noted, the Nicene Creed has helped sustain ...

coming from a Roman Catholic perspective - and comment along the way regarding its agreement with the Eastern Orthodox faith. Certainly, any explicit Profession of Faith should begin with the ...

This gathering would mark the 1,700th anniversary of the first truly ecumenical council, from which the Nicene Creed emerged ... Tawadros II, 72, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria The ...

In light of the ongoing humanitarian crises, particularly in the Middle East, Bartholomew expressed solidarity with persecuted communities and reaffirmed support for the pan-Orthodox churches in ...

The entire Eastern Church was impacted by the controversy ... Arianism and upheld the eternal deity and homoousious of the Son. Thus the Nicene Creed became the official orthodox belief: We believe in ...

Two-part international conference in Rome and Münster on the first ecumenical council – Pontifical Gregorian University and ...

The Nicene Creed is more than a statement of faith -- it is a powerful sign of unity among Christians, Pope Francis said as he welcomed young priests and monks from Oriental Orthodox Churches to the ...