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Definition: Nicene Creed from Philip's Encyclopedia

Statement of Christian faith named after the First Council of Nicaea (AD 325). Its exact origin is uncertain. The Nicene Creed defends the orthodox Christian doctrine of the Trinity against the Arian heresy. It is subscribed to by all Christian Churches and is used in the celebrations of the Eucharist. See also Apostles' Creed; Athanasian Creed


Nicene Creed

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
One of the fundamental creeds of Christianity, drawn up by the Council of Nicaea , a meeting of bishops in AD 325. The Council of Nicaea was the first ecumenical (worldwide) council. The church leaders met to discuss teachings about Jesus. The words of the Nicene Creed were formulated by the bishops and were a statement of the most important beliefs of Christianity. The Nicene Creed is much longer than the Apostles' Creed and is usually said by Christians during the celebration of the Eucharist (Mass or Holy Communion). Its three sections state beliefs about God , Jesus , and other aspects of Christianity. The middle section, which states Christian belief about Jesus, is the longest. It affirms that Jesus is God ‘of one being with the Father’, which stresses the Oneness of God. The Alternative Service Book , published in 1980, contains the most commonly used form of the text today. The church is described as ‘one holy catholic and apostolic church’. It was intended that it should be…
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In the year 325, several dozen Christian bishops from lands around the Mediterranean Sea met in the city of Nicaea to create a statement of basic Christian beliefs. Today, Nicaea is in Turkey, which is a predominantly Muslim country. For the first centuries of the Christian era, before the rise of…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
One of the fundamental creeds of Christianity, drawn up by the Council of Nicaea , a meeting of bishops in AD 325. The Council of Nicaea was the first ecumenical (worldwide) council. The church leaders met to discuss teachings about Jesus. The words of the Nicene Creed were formulated by the bishops…
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From Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology
The formula conventionally known as the Nicene (or Niceno-Constantinopolitan) Creed seems in fact to have been composed at the first Council of Constantinople (381), though the earliest official record of the text dates only from the Council of Chalcedon (451). Though it shares certain textual…
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From A Dictionary of Classical Greek Quotations
325 and 381AD A profession of faith 1 Πιστεύω είς ένα θεόν πατέρα παντοκράτορα, ποιητην ούρανου καί γής óρατών τε πάντων καί άοράτων· καί είς ένα κύριον Ίησουν Χριστόν τόν υίόν του θεου τόν μονογενή, τόν έκ του πατρός γεννηθέντα πρό πάντων τών αίώνων, φώς έκ φωτός, θεόν άληθινόν έκ θεου άληθινου, …
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The creed properly so called was a comparatively short statement of beliefs issued in 325 by the council of nicaea to combat the arian heresy. The ‘Nicene Creed’ commonly referred to is that properly called the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, referred to in Article VIII of the thirty-nine articles…
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From Encyclopedia of Ancient Rome
The creed or establishment of doctrine for all Christianity as issued by the Council of NICAEA in 325 C.E. The Nicene Creed reflected both the triumph of Christian orthodoxy at the council and the personal desires of Constantine the Great. Its substance was the source of considerable debate…
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“True God from true God, begotten, not made, of the same being as the Father, through whom all things came to be.” Overview The Nicene Creed is the first official formulation of the doctrine of the Trinity by the universal Christian congregation, which identifies itself therein as “the Catholic and…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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—Eusebius of Caesarea Athanasius The full text of the Nicene Creed. We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things seen and unseen. And in one Lord, Jesus Christ the Son of God, begotten of the Father, the only-begotten, that is, of the essence of the Father, God from God, Light…
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