Fontes Nicaenae Synodi is a sourcebook that provides the original text with an English translation and footnotes of the contemporary sources for the study of the Council of Nicaea (325). These sources are letters, canons, creeds, imperial documents, and synodal statements that deal with the theological, institutional, and disciplinary issues discussed at Nicaea not only the Arian controversy. The book includes texts that are contemporary with the events, i.e., written between the beginning of the Melitian crisis (ca. 304) and the death of Constantine (337). They were passed on in Greek, Latin, and Syriac. The year 2025 will see a centenary of the synod of Nicaea (3252025), which will be a promising scenario for discussing the Nicaean Council, a pivotal event in the formation of Western culture.

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Samuel Fernández, PhD, is Professor of Theology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research interests include the history of theology in the 3rd and 4th centuries, especially Origen and the Arian crisis. He has edited works of Origen (Madrid 2015), Athanasius (Madrid 2019), Hilary (Madrid 2019), and Marcellus (Rome 2022).