The year 2025 marked the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicean Creed. For those Christians who hold to the ancient statements of faith, this was quite a milestone – and one that deserved to be celebrated.
In my own churches, in South Wales, the creed often forms part of our weekly worship, reminding us of the bigger family of Christians to which we belong, and the ancient roots of our faith and tradition.
To mark the anniversary, I preached through several of the points of the creed, as part of afternoon services. One key part of that series was in four parts: the church as one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Focusing in on those last two, I wanted to impress upon my congregations that our faith does not merely belong to us. It is the universal faith (katholikos in Greek from which we get ‘catholic’) – the faith of all those who are or who ever have been Christians. And it is the same faith now as was taught, and lived, and entrusted by the Apostles.
