A wall fresco depicting the First Council of Nicaea from the Sistine hall of the Vatican Library. The council was held in 325 and its 1700th anniversary
coincides with the Holy Year 2025. Photo: CNS /Carol Glatz. In the immediate post-New Testament period, after the event of Jesus Christ, the early Christian community was faced with a mammoth challenge. They needed to reimagine, even to reinvent, their understanding of God. A tall order! The traditional Jewish conception of God did not work anymore in the light of the New Testament talk of…
