New This Week
This Week’s Headlines
Crisis in the Episcopal Church (NY Times)
Confessions of a Recovering Feminist (CBMW)
The Dating Coach is In (NY Times)
This Month’s Recommended Book
Nicaea and its Legacy: An Approach to Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology
It is not possible in this limited review to exhaust the many fine nuances drawn in this meticulously researched monograph. Nor is it necessary to agree with every detail of Ayres’ reconstruction to appreciate the contribution of the present volume to the ongoing debate surrounding the Council of Nicea and the issues dealt with at that occasion.
Yet, while the last word has hardly been spoken with regard to the historical reconstruction of the time period under consideration and the theological and Christological issues under discussion, this new work provides a solid foundation from which to investigate the matter further. And while not everyone will subscribe to the “new narrative” for understanding Nicea proposed by the author, one thing seems clear: one can safely remove Dan Brown’s account of the Council of Nicea from the list of things that, according to his “fact page,” are “factually accurate” in the way they are represented in The Da Vinci Code. They are not.