Steve Stanley’s Reviews > Know the Creeds and Councils > Status Update

For modern Christians, the councils can serve as a reminder to extend all possible charity to those who disagree with us, but also to maintain strong views in the face of opposition.

[We] can learn to exercise great caution and care when dialoguing with people with whom we disagree. Theologian Kevin Vanhoozer described such virtue as ‘dialogical virtues,’ which he defines as ‘honesty, fairness, and clarity ... [and] in particular humility, the opposite of pride or self-righteousness.’