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Nicene Creed
Nicene Creed a formal statement of Christian belief which is very widely used in Christian liturgies, based on that adopted at the first Council of Nicaea in 325.... Read more
creed
creed [Lat. credo =I believe], summary of basic doctrines of faith. The following are historically important Christian creeds. 1 The Nicene Creed, beginning, "I believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord Jesu... Read more
First Council of Nicaea
First Council of Nicaea 325, 1st ecumenical council, convened by Roman Emperor Constantine the Great to solve the problems raised by Arianism . It has been said that 318 persons attended, but a more likely number is 225, including every Eastern bishop of importance, four Western bishops (among the... Read more
First Council of Constantinople
First Council of Constantinople 381, second ecumenical council. It was convened by Theodosius I, then emperor of the East and a recent convert, to confirm the victory over Arianism. The council drew up a dogmatic statement on the Trinity and defined Holy Spirit as having the same divinity expressed... Read more
church
church [probably Gr.,=divine], aggregation of Christian believers. The traditional belief has the church the community of believers, living and dead, headed by Jesus, who founded it in the apostles. This is the doctrine of the mystical body of Christ (Eph. 1.22-23). Some divisions speak of the chur... Read more
Council of Ephesus
Council of Ephesus 431, 3d ecumenical council, convened by Theodosius II, emperor of the East, and Valentinian III, emperor of the West, to deal with the controversy over Nestorianism . Adherents of both parties attended; St. Cyril , patriarch of Alexandria, had the support of Pope Celestine I ... Read more
Socinianism
Socinianism , anti-Trinitarian religious movement organized in Poland in the 16th cent. by Faustus Socinus . Antecedents of the movement were such Italian humanist reformers as Bernardino Ochino, Georgio Blandrata, and Laelius Socinus , who fled to Poland from persecution first in Italy and then i... Read more
Saint Athanasius
Saint Athanasius , c.297-373, patriarch of Alexandria (328-73), Doctor of the Church, great champion of orthodoxy during the Arian crisis of the 4th cent. (see Arianism ). In his youth, as secretary to Bishop Alexander, he took part in the christological debate against Arius at the Council of Nicae... Read more
Christianity
Christianity religion founded in Palestine by the followers of Jesus . One of the world's major religions, it predominates in Europe and the Americas, where it has been a powerful historical force and cultural influence, but it also claims adherents in virtually every country of the world. C... Read more
prophet
prophet [Gr.,=foreteller], a religious leader and spokesperson, particularly used in the Bible. The prophets emitted messages from the divine through inspired speech, the interpretation of omens and dreams, and the casting of lots and divination. The word derives from Greek cults, in which prophets... Read more

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Nicene Creed
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Nicene Creed 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...
creed
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition creed [Lat. credo =I believe], summary...are historically important Christian creeds. 1 The Nicene Creed, beginning, "I believe in one God...Eastern and Roman Catholic churches. The Nicene Creed is a traditionally authoritative...
Apostles' Creed
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Apostles' Creed Statement of Christian faith. The last section affirms the tradition of the “holy Catholic...century. It is used widely in private and public worship in all the major Churches in the West. See also Nicene Creed
Christianity
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...based on faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God. The orthodox Christian faith, summarized in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds , affirms belief in the Trinity and Christ's incarnation, atoning death on the cross, resurrection and ascension...
Coptic Christian Church
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...and his papal successor Athanasius subscribed to the Nicene Creed that God the Father and Christ the Son were full and...resolved in the Council of Constantinople in 381 when the Nicene Creed, defended for decades by Athanasius, was reaffirmed...
First Council of Nicaea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...seems to have been based on a simple baptismal creed presented possibly by Eusebius of Caesarea; this was not, however, the creed generally circulated today as the Nicene Creed (see creed ). The formula included the Greek...
Trinity
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...The doctrine of the Trinity was stated in early Christian creeds to counter heresies such as Gnosticism . See also Apostles' Creed ; Athanasian Creed ; Jesus Christ ; Nicene Creed
First Council of Constantinople
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...orthodox teaching of the Trinity as it is held today. The traditional belief ascribing the present form of the Nicene Creed (see creed ) to this council has been questioned by modern scholars. The council condemned all varieties of Arianism along...
Arian heresy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...x2018;consubstantial’ with the Father. This breach of the doctrine of the Trinity was condemned at the Council of Nicaea, summoned by Constantine in 325, which produced the Nicene Creed as the official declaration of the Church.
Constantine I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Therefore, in May 325 Constantine convened a council of bishops at Nicaea in Bithynia. This convocation created the Nicene Creed, which established the orthodox view that Christ was of the same substance ( homoousios ) as the Father but was a separate...

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Nicene Creed
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Nicene Creed. Two Creeds are so named:(1) The Creed issued in 325 by the Council of Nicaea (q.v.), known...the text.(2) In common parlance, the ‘Nicene Creed’ more often means the longer formula which...
Creed, Apostles'; Nicene
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Creed, Apostles'; Nicene. See APOSTLES' CREED ; NICENE CREED .
Nicene
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Nicene pert. to (councils of the Church held at) Nicaea (Gr. Nīkaia ) in Bithynia, esp. of the creed adopted at the first of these (A. D. 325). XV. — late L. Nīcēnus , Nicænus .
creed
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology creed OE. crēda — L. crēdō I believe (with cogns. in Indo-Iranian and Celtic), the first word of the Apostles' and the Nicene Creeds in the Latin versions.
Creed
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Creed. A concise statement of...OF FAITH . Christianity Creeds originated as confessions...orthodoxy, and the use of creeds for this purpose rapidly spread. The most important creeds, the Nicene Creed , Apostles' Creed, and...
Creed, the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Creed, the a formal statement of Christian beliefs, especially the Apostles' Creed , the Athanasian Creed , or the Nicene Creed .
Constantinopolitan Creed
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Constantinopolitan Creed. See NICENE CREED .
Lambeth Quadrilateral
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...were based on Articles agreed by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America in Chicago in 1886. They deal with the Bible, the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds , Baptism and the Eucharist , and the episcopate.
Lambeth Conferences
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...fourfold essential basis for a reunited Church: (i) the Bible as the ultimate rule of faith, (ii) the Apostles' and Nicene creeds , (iii) the sacraments of baptism and Lord's supper, and (iv) the ‘historic episcopate’...
Filioque
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Spirit added by the W. Church to the Nicene Creed immediately after the words ‘...589). From c. 800, when the Creed began to be generally chanted in...to dropping the Filioque from the Creed. See DOUBLE PROCESSION .

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Why Do We Still Recite the Nicene Creed at the Eucharist?
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...spend much time reading creeds of any sort, let alone the Nicene Creed. Popular apologetic...which are not in the creeds at all. In fact, the...likely place to encounter creeds is not in any teaching...use of the Apostles' Creed,1 it will be the so-called Nicene Creed2 that ...
The marks of the church.(Nicene Creed)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 8/8/2008; ; 700+ words ; The Creed of the Council of Constantinople, better known as the Nicene Creed, contains the line: "We believe in one holy, catholic...catholicity, and apostolicity, as specified in the creed, and that the Catholic church alone has them in a...
Promise of Nicene Creed is final day of reckoning.(NATION)(THE CAPITAL PULPIT)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/17/2003; 700+ words ; ...yesterday by the Rev. William P. Saunders at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church in Arlington: Each time we profess the Nicene Creed, we state our belief that our Lord Jesus Christ will come again to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom...
Buxtehude's Ciacona in C minor and the Nicene Creed
Magazine article from: Musical Times; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...variations on a bass theme/harmonic scheme: it is a statement of the Christian faith, a musical interpretation of the Nicene Creed. My interest in the Ciacona in C minor was prompted by my discovery some years ago that another of Buxtehude's ostinato...
History and politics behind the Nicene Creed
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 5/28/2006; ; 700+ words ; I just finished a book titled "When Jesus Became God" by Richard E. Rubenstein, which is a history of the Arian controversy, which split bishops and laymen of the Christian world just after Christianity received the sanction of Constantine, the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire. The
Ambrose of Milan and the End of the Arian-Nicene Conflicts.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...conflicts between "Arian" and "Nicene" Christianities in the fourth...the Council of Nicaea and its creed (Homoian, Homoiousian, Eunomian...exaggerated the strength of Nicene Christianity and the role of...even little knowledge) of the Nicene Creed in the West prior to the...
Nicene Christianity: The Future for a New Ecumenism.
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 11/8/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...18.99, 250 pp. Nicene Christianity is a collection...filioque to the Western Creed--a major bone of contention...Radner insists that creeds do not exist "out there...mission statements." Nicene Christianity is a robust...that takes the historic creeds seriously. Of course...basic writings ...
Ambrose of Milan and the End of the Arian-Nicene Conflicts
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/1997; ; 700 words ; ...Milan and the End of the Arian-Nicene Conflicts. By Daniel H. Williams...Ariminum in 360 and enshrined in a creed promulgated at Constantinople...troublesome homoousion of the Creed of Nicaea. A coda to the creed...fight back Homoianism and spread Nicene Catholicism. Williams deals...
We believe.(Credo: Historical And Theological Guide To Creeds And Confessions Of Faith In The Christian Tradition)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...tradition, most notably the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, still the most complete...substantive study of the role of creeds, statements of faith, confessions...apostolic Church" confessed in the Nicene Creed. CREEDS HAVE BEEN and continue...
Sorting through creeds
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 1/16/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...This covenant is based on the Nicene Creed (325 A.D.), which is...schism will be to focus on creeds, rather than trying to agree...question about whether the Nicene and Apostles' creeds are...conservatives about what the creeds mean. "Many of us can still...Nicene and the ...