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Nicene Creed
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Nicene Creed: see creed 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 Jesus Christ … .
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Nicene Creed

Ecumenical Christian statement of faith accepted by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and major Protestant churches. Originally written in Greek, it was long thought to have been drafted at the Council of Nicaea (325), but is now believed to have been issued by the Council of Constantinople (381), based on a baptismal creed already in existence.



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Yoder certainly believed that one line of development from the New Testament did pass through the Nicene formula.
Readers may be surprised to find that the terms in the Nicene Creed (one, holy, catholic, and apostolic) were not designated as "marks" until well after the start of the Reformation.
How does that break open the Word of God and the Nicene Creed for people who seek truth from us?
 
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