Review article

https://doi.org/10.64356/2233-1387.2025.29.2.231

Canons of the Council of Nicaea: Their Later Significance in the Legislation of the Latin Church

Zdenko Ilić orcid.org/0000-0002-5311-869X ; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Đakovo, Croatia
Ilija Dogan orcid.org/0009-0009-7848-8046 ; Croatian Bishops' Conference, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The paper aims to highlight a lesser-known aspect of the Council of Nicaea—its disciplinary role, expressed through twenty canons organized by topic—and to examine how these canons laid down fundamental principles that became the indispensable cornerstone of the legislation of the Latin, or Western, Church over the centuries.

Keywords

Council of Nicaea; Nicene canons; ecclesiastical discipline; canon law; canons; Latin Church

Hrčak ID:

343858

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/343858

Publication date:

28.1.2026.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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