The Nicaean Basilica

As I write this, just a few streets away, Pope Leo is visiting the Sultanahmet or Blue Mosque in Istanbul/Constantinople. The main purpose of his trip to Turkey was to gather with leaders of other Christian denominations to commemorate the Council of Nicaea, held 1,700 years ago in today’s Iznik. Back in 325, representatives of the newly legalized Christian faith could, for the first time, agree…