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The event was co-organized by the WCC Commission on Faith and Order in collaboration with the Methodist Church in Kenya, Societas Oecumenica, National Council of Churches in the USA, and Christian Conference of Asia.
Rev. Dr Johannes Brosseder offered an overview of a volume, to be launched 13 October, produced by the 22nd Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica, which took place in 2024.
The volume includes not only plenary lectures from the consultation but also reflections related to systematic theology and the canonical legacy of the Council of Nicaea.
Rev. Prof. Dr Simone Sinn, who went into further detail about the volume from Societas Oecumenica, explained how the publication not only connects individual scholars but also ecumenical institutes and departments.
Rev. Prof. Dr Robby Waddel, from the National Council of Churches in the USA, offered an overview of a collection of Nicaea-related writings aimed at a general audience.
Dr Mathews George Chunakara, moderator of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, and general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia, highlighted the publication “Echoes of Nicaea: Enduring Faith and Embracing Unity.”
He also mentioned the source of the volume: the 10th Congress of Asian Theologians, an initiative of the Christian Conference of Asia.
Rev. Prof. Dr Benjamin Simon, former dean of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, and current chair of cultural theology at University of Lausanne, reflected on two different volumes, particularly a forthcoming one, “Towards Nicaea 2025: Exploring the Council’s Significance Today,” that is the fruit of a hybrid conference at Bossey in November 2024.
Dr Mutale Mulenga Kaunda, spoke about a published issue of International Review of Mission that focused on women’s voices and the Council of Nicaea.
“As active members of the early church, women undoubtedly held theological opinions,” she said. “In this sense, remembering constitutes a way of imagining the past from the standpoint of the present.”
Dr Stephen Brown, researcher and editor of the WCC journal The Ecumenical Review, spoke about two issues of The Ecumenical Review that have dealt with the links the Council of Nicaea, one of which has already been published and the other coming in October.
