Heiner Wilmer, Author at Appia Institute

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About Heiner Wilmer

Catholic bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) and former superior general of the Priests of Sacred Heart (Dehonians). Representative of the German Bishops’ Conference at the COMECE and the European Union.

Nicaea and Us. A Lesson from the Past for Our Impoverished Democracy

Heiner Wilmer - 20 May 2025

On May 20 (375), the Council of Nicaea began, which would than define the divinity of Jesus and the Trinitarian dimension of the Christian God. Heiner Wilmer, Catholic bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), shows how significant ideas for restoring strength and substance to our democracies in crisis are hidden in the structural folds of this Christological […]