Nicaea and Justice

The Legacy Of Nicaea

Ed Simon | Hedgehog Review | 10th December 2025

2025 was the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, "a milestone observed by churches, seminaries, and religious institutions but largely ignored by the secular press". It is worth knowing about, since this gathering in "an Anatolian backwater" resulted in the core doctrine of orthodox Christianity. "Not consistency but paradox, not reason but mystery, not an answer, but a question" (2,100 words)

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In Memoriam: Justice David H. Souter

Chief Justice Roberts et al | Harvard Law Review | 11th December 2025

Legal luminaries pay tribute to Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who died earlier this year at the age of 85. He was brilliant: "Not just in a yeah-yeah-of-course-he-was-smart kind of way. He possessed a sixth intellectual gear that very few do... I’m talking about raw intellectual firepower. His mind just worked at a speed, and with a capacity, that I hadn’t seen before — and, frankly, haven’t seen since" (6,600 words)