This work examines the role of the reception of the Council of Nicaea (325) in the major councils of the mid-fifth century.

• Abbreviations and Other Conventions


• 1: Introduction: Nicaea in Context


• 2: The Council of Nicaea and its Early Reception


• 3: The Idea of Nicaea in the Two Councils of Ephesus (431)


• 4: The Idea of Nicaea in the Aftermath of Ephesus


• 5: The Idea of Nicaea at the Constantinopolitan Home Synod (448)


• 6: The Idea of Nicaea at Ephesus II (449)


• 7: The Idea of Nicaea at Chalcedon (451)


• 8: Conclusion


• Bibliography

Mark S. Smith is Dean and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge and lectures in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge.