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Council · Today in 381

First Council of Constantinople

Reaffirmed Nicaea, condemned Macedonianism (denial of the Spirit's divinity), and gave the creed its final shape — the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed Christians still recite.

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Cover of On God and Christ by Gregory of Nazianzus
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Five Theological Orations

Gregory of Nazianzus

A reading pick tied to today's figure, quote, era, or event. Dense but decisive sermons on the Trinity from the theologian of Constantinople.

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