'THE BATTLE FOR THE SPIRIT' -The Council of Nicaea, 869 AD - A. P. Shepherd
'THE BATTLE FOR THE SPIRIT' THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE, 869 A.D. by A. P. Shepherd I n his exposition of the evolution of human consciousness Rudolf Steiner often spoke of the critical importance of the Council of Constantinople in 869, at which the Western Church officially renounced the ancient conception of man as a threefold being, of body, soul and spirit, by ...