Nicene Creed

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1. Nicene Creed - Noun

2. Nicene Creed - Proper noun

Meaning

(Christianity) a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs; first adopted in 325 and later expanded

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They're outside the Nicene Creed and they're not actually Christians, although they think they are-like the Mormons. But while the Book of Mormon is just a nineteenth-century fabrication there's stuff in here that's, uh, disturbing. Very disturbing, Bob. Charles Stross

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new. Rob Bell

After the lapse of three years, he succeeded in regaining the imperial favor by convincing Constantine that Arius and his views do not conflict with the proclaimed Nicene Creed. Source: Internet

After the acceptance of Filioque clause into the Nicene Creed by the Rome, Orthodox Christians in the East started to refer to adherents of Filioquism in the West just as "Latins" considering them no longer to be "Catholics". Source: Internet

Beyond the second coming of Jesus, bodily resurrection, and final judgment, all of which is affirmed in the Nicene Creed (325 CE), Orthodoxy does not teach much else in any definitive manner. Source: Internet

Christians overwhelmingly assert that monotheism is central to the Christian faith, as the Nicene Creed (and others), which gives the orthodox Christian definition of the Trinity, begins: "I believe in one God". Source: Internet

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