Lecture by Kathryn Tanner: What Does Nicaea Settle?

Monday, November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM until 5:30 PMCentral Standard Time UTC -06:00

Join us online or on campus in Hamilton Hall (Samuel Lloyd Forum) for a lecture by Kathryn Tanner entitled “What does Nicaea settle?” Use the form below to register for the livestream. This lecture is free and open to the public. All are encouraged to attend on campus or online.

The Council of Nicaea was prompted by controversy that seemed to have been settled by anathemas and a joint statement of faith. But what did it really accomplish? Rather than finally resolving controversy, I’ll argue Nicaea paved the way to further fruitful arguments about fundamental matters of faith.

Kathryn Tanner is Frederick Marquand Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School. Among other books, she is the author of Jesus, Humanity, and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology (Fortress, 2001), and Christ the Key (Cambridge, 2010).

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Lecture by Kathryn Tanner: What Does Nicaea Settle?

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