2024 and 324. Two years separated in time but united in typifying dispute and division in the church.
The church has known troubles alongside joy and hope through her history, but when our repeated prayer is ‘restore to me O Lord, the joy of thy salvation,’ examining our roots and traditions has much to offer.
In 325, the Council of Nicaea first set out the creed recognisable to us today. In 381, the addition of ‘One, holy, catholic and apostolic’ completed the words which still unite us with the fourth century church whenever we utter them. Reaching deeply into such traditions can offer us fresh hope today.
Starting on Ash Wednesday, this weekly series is also online.
Come and hear our five bishops and the Dean of St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham reflecting on the challenges and gifts to today’s tremendously complex and fast-paced culture of being the ‘Church of the Nicene Creed: One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic.
Click the appropriate link below to view.
| 5th March | 2nd April |
| Ash Wednesday - The Bishop of Lichfield | The Church: 'Catholic' - The Bishop of Oswestry |
| 12th March | 9 April |
| We believe in the Church - The Bishop of Wolverhampton | The Church: 'Apostolic' - The Bishop of Shrewsbury |
| 19 March | 16 April |
| The Church: 'One' - The Bishop of Stafford | The Church of Jesus Christ - The Bishop of Lichfield |
| 26 March | |
| The Church: 'Holy' - Bishop Tim Menezes |