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Heaven or Hell hangs on a single letter—a cosmic Greek iota painstakingly clarified at the council of Nicaea in 325 AD. For if God the Son is only of a similar essence as the Father—denoted by the middle “i” in the term homoiousios—then he is not fully God and cannot save. But if he is of the same essence as the father—homoousios—then he truly is “God from God, light from light, true God from true God,” and fully able to accomplish salvation. Understanding our past equips us to navigate our future. So, this month, on the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, we walk down an old path towards this ancient city in order to re-discover the truths hammered out at the first council of the post-apostolic church.