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Nicene Creed
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Nicene Creed. Two Creeds are so named:(1) The Creed issued in 325 by the Council of
Nicaea (q.v.), known to scholars as N. It was drawn up to defend the orthodox faith against
Arianism and includes the word ‘
Homoousios’. Appended to it were four anti-Arian anathemas which came to be regarded as an integral part of the text.(2) In common parlance, the ‘Nicene Creed’ more often means the longer formula which is in regular use in the Eucharist, in both E. and W. It is also known as the ‘Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed’ and is referred to as C. From the time of the Council of
Chalcedon (451) it has been regarded as the Creed of the Council of
Constantinople of 381; it is probable that it was not drawn up by that Council but endorsed by it. Its origin is unclear, but it was probably the Baptismal Creed of Constantinople. In the early Middle Ages, the
Filioque was added to it in the W.
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Creed, Apostles'; Nicene
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Creed, Apostles'; Nicene. See APOSTLES' CREED ; NICENE CREED .
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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 .
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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...
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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...
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