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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 … . ..... Click the link for more information. . Nicene CreedEcumenical 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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In discussing the authority of the Nicene Creed, Yoder gently chided those "many Christian groups and thinkers," who reject in principle the claim of Roman Catholicism to establish normative biblical interpretation, yet "still give the Nicene creed and its trinitarian statements equal authority with the Bible. 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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