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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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