Mark Smith
Church historian and academic at the University of Cambridge, author of The Idea of Nicaea, specializing in the reception and development of Nicene theology in late antiquity.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 39min
Nicaea’s Legacy Then and Now (with Mark Smith)
Mark Smith, a Cambridge church historian and author of The Idea of Nicaea, reflects on how Nicaea was read, contested, and repurposed across councils like Ephesus and Chalcedon. Short takes cover exegetical battles over the creed, rival Christologies, later misreadings, and how Protestants might recover creedal use without turning it into an idol.
