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Nicene Creed, a Christian statement of faith that is the only ecumenical creed because it is accepted as authoritative by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and major Protestant churches. The Apostles’ and Athanasian creeds are accepted by some but not all of these churches.
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The original Nicene Creed was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. According to a popular view forwarded by the Council of Chalcedon of 451, the Creed was amended in 381 by the First Council of Constantinople as "consonant to the holy and great Synod of Nice." [4]
9 mar 2018 · What we call the Nicene Creed is actually the product of two ecumenical councils—one in Nicaea (present-day Iznik, Turkey) in AD 325, and one in Constantinople (now Istanbul) in AD 381—and a century of debate over the nature of the relationship between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
When and why the Nicene Creed was written. The Nicene Creed originated at the council of Nicaea, in modern-day Turkey, AD 325. It reached its final form at the Council of Constantinople in 381. Its initial purpose was to reject a heresy called Arianism, which denied the full divinity of Christ.
1 kwi 2020 · The Latin fathers and writers (Tertullian, St. Hilary of Poitiers, and St. Augustine) tended to say that the Spirit proceeded from the Father and the Son (in Latin, filioque). In the West, the filioque was added to the Creed gradually between the eighth and 11th centuries.
The Nicene Creed, both in its original and revised formulas, is an implicit condemnation of specific beliefs as errors. Thus, as different variations in Christian belief evolved in the fourth century and were perceived as threats, new phrases were seen to be needed, like amendments to a constitution.
The original text of the Nicene Creed from the Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus. The Nicene Creed sums up the central tenets of the Christian faith, specifically addressing the Trinity.
