The Idea of Nicaea in the Early Church Councils, AD 431-451

Provides a historical and theological analysis of the major church councils of the mid-fifth century, from the Council of Ephesus (431) to the Council of Chalcedon (451)
Analyses in detail how appeals to the first ecumenical council, the Council of Nicaea (325), functioned to help, and to hinder, the articulation of doctrinal truth
Offers a fresh account of the shaping of orthodoxy in the early church, and the role of councils and creeds in that process