The Idea of Nicaea in the Early Church Councils, AD 431–451 by Mark S. Smith (review)

• Autores: Evangelos Chrysos
• Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 1, 2020, págs. 164-165
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The strictly theological approach to the Idea of Nicaea did not leave enough space to the author for questions of synodical procedures, although such questions would have paved the path to demonstrate the crucial principle of continuity and/ or mimesis, followed from one synod to the other within an established synodical tradition. The (a) short reference to the authority of the Nicene canons in the Council of Carthage (419) at page 30 and (b) the peripheral discussion of Canon 7 of the Council of Ephesus, which had ordered in a canonically binding way that "it is unlawful for any man to bring forward, or to write, or to compose a different (ἑτέραν) Faith as a rival to that established by the holy Fathers assembled with the Holy Ghost in Nicæa," indicate that the book would gain in insight if such issues were discussed more emphatically. [...]the study of the Idea of Nicaea would also benefit from a discussion of the model Emperor Constantine established for future generations by his role in convoking and presiding over the Council of Nicaea.