If the identification is correct, it would place archaeologists on the very floor where one of Christianity’s most influential theological statements took shape. Archaeologists say the dimensions of the newly uncovered church closely match that eyewitness description. Much of the current excavation has focused on the layers beneath that later church. While archaeologists continue to study the remains, the discovery offers a tangible connection to an event that shaped Christian theology for centuries. The words of the Nicene Creed have endured for nearly 1,700 years.