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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Nicaea Lecture
Tomorrow (Saturday) in the Deanery of St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, there will be a lecture to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. The speaker will be Dr Dafydd Mills Daniel, Lecturer in Divinity in the University of St Andrews and regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, who will talk on ‘Heresy! The Nicene Creed and the Invention of Orthodoxy’. Contributions and responses from Dr Janet Rutherford and Dr Alexander O’Hara will follow.
The Council of Nicaea, in 325 AD, was the first ecumenical council in the history of the Christian Church. The meeting of bishops and church leaders at the direction of Emperor Constantine the Great resulted in the affirmation of the Holy Trinity and the formation of what would be known as the Nicaean Creed, which has been affirmed by Christians worldwide for 1,700 years.
The Church of England has produced a short introduction to the Nicene Creed, We Believe. Exploring the Nicene Creed. This has been published by Church House Publishing in London.
Booking for this free event closed yesterday (Thursday) afternoon but late comers could check availability here.
Summer Music in Sandford continues in Sandford parish church, Ranelagh today (Friday) at 1.10pm when there will be a recital by pianist Debbie Armstrong.
On Sunday, in Dublin, the Chapel Choir of King’s College, Lindon, will sing at the 11am Eucharist and at Evensong at 3.30pm in Christ Church cathedral. In St Patrick’s cathedral the Choir of St Mihael’s church, New York, will sing at the 11.15am Eucharist and at the 3.15pm Evensong. Monday and Tuesday Evensong, at 5.30pm, will be sung by the Chapel Choir of King’s College, London.
St Anne’s cathedral, Belfast, is hosting the CS Lewis Summer Institute for a service of worship to close its 2025 Conference at 3pm on Wednesday. The preacher will be the Rev Dr Malcolm Guite, who will speak from Hebrews 13 with the title, ‘Further Up and Further In: the Call of Aslan’s Country’.
The conference itself is ‘designed to enliven the mind, spark the imagination, and deepen faith’ by bringing together scholars and artists for lectures, performances, worship and fellowship, and includes an impressive line–up of guests including Alister McGrath, Amy Orr–Ewing, and Ad Deum Dance Company.
This year the institute explores, in dialogue with the writings of CS Lewis, the themes of roots, home, growth, travel, transformation, pilgrimage, and the hero’s quest, with the intent of helping us examine our individual and corporate journeys of faith amid the challenges of our contemporary culture.
Belturbet parish group’s ‘Strictly Goes Country’ event in May raised an incredible €52,000, They have presented €20,000 to Friends of Oncology Cavan for their vital work, with each of the four churches in the group receiving €8,000 to support their ministries. The Belturbet group consists of the parishes of Annagh (Belturbet), Drumaloor, Cloverhill, and Drumlane. The rector is the Revd Tanya Woods.
Published in the Friday edition of The Irish Times