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Nicea, Part 3: Christianity at a Turning Point
The Council of Nicea (325) created a creed that has encured 1,700 years. But the directives formed there, known as canons, provide fascinating insights…
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Close Reading: The Nicene Creed - a look back 1,700 years
A visit to Iznik, Turkey, gave me a chance to look back on the first, great Christian synod of 325 and reflect on my church today.
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Travelogue: Iznik, Nicea and Christianity's Great Council
This year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea, the first synod after the legalization of the faith by Constantine I, and the crafting…
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Homerphilia: Young Dawn & her rose-red Fingers
Over the month of March, the skies east of Izmir offered Homeric sunrises as spring clouds played in sunshine bringing to mind Homer's immortal images.
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Old Smyrna: The Walls Fall Down
In Part 3 of my tale of Old Smyrna, the city rebuilds from an earthquake, but powerful inland kingdoms have Smyrna in their sights. Can the walls hold…
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Homerphilia: Coming home in Old Smyrna
When you visit the ruins of Homer's hometown, unique details from The Odyssey come to light.
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Aegean Tale: The Walls of Smyrna
Part 2 of a series on Old Smyrna: the town suffers during the Trojan War but later becomes a destination for Aeolian and Ionian colonists -- a curse on…
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