About this episode
Brandon Smith debunks four common myths about the Council of Nicaea.
Brandon Smith debunks four common myths about Nicaea: (1) Nicaea invented the Trinity; (2) Nicaea invented the New Testament; (3) Constantine invented orthodoxy; (4) Nicaea was Athanasius vs. Arius. Watch this on YouTube at youtube.com/@churchgrammar . Church Grammar is presented by the PhD and ThM programs at Gateway Seminary , which seek to blend the best of American and British programs by balancing a broad, robust education through seminars with close, one-on-one mentoring during the writing phase. Production and editing: Cody Barnhart. Brandon D. Smith is Chair of the Hobbs School of Theology & Ministry and Associate Professor of Theology & Early Christianity at Oklahoma Baptist University , a co-founder of the  Center for Baptist Renewal , and  writes things . You can follow him  on Twitter  at @brandon_d_smith. Check out his recent books:  The Trinity in the Book of Revelation   (IVP Academic, 2022), The Biblical Trinity (Lexham, 2023), The Trinity in the Canon (B&H Academic, 2023), and Taught by God: Ancient Hermeneutics for the Modern Church (B&H Academic, 2024), and Beholding the Triune God (Crossway, 2024). *** This podcast…
People in this episode
Host: Brandon D. Smith
Topics covered
- Nicaea
- Trinity
- New Testament
- orthodoxy
- Athanasius
- Arius
Keywords
- myths
- Christianity
- theology
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Trinity, the New Testament, The Trinity in the Book of Revelation, The Biblical Trinity, The Trinity in the Canon, Taught by God, Beholding the Triune God
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