The Nicene Creed (Greek: Σύμβολον τῆς Νικαίας or τῆς πίστεως, Latin: Symbolum Nicaenum) is a profession of faith widely used in Christian liturgy.
It is called Nicene /ˈnaɪsiːn/ because it was originally adopted in the city of Nicaea (present day Iznik, Turkey) by the First Council of Nicaea in 325. In 381, it was amended at the First Council of Constantinople, and the amended form is referred to as the Nicene or the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed.
The churches of Oriental Orthodoxy and the Assyrian churches use this profession of faith with the verbs in the original plural (“we believe”) form. The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church use it with the verbs of believing changed to the singular (“I believe”) form. The Anglican Communion and many Protestant denominations also use it, sometimes with the verbs of believing in the plural form but generally in the singular.
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Keywords: First Council of Nicaea, Nicene Creed, Nicean Creed, Creed, Church Creeds, Nicaea, Council of Nicaea, 325 AD, Homoousios, homoiousios, Homoiousian, Athanasius, Arius, Arian, Arian heresy, Arian controversy, Arianism, Athanasian, Athanasian Creed, Constantine, Constantine the Great, Trinity, Deity of Jesus, Divinity of Jesus, divinity of christ, triune, trinitarian, trinitarianism, subordination, subordination of the Son, subordinationist, subordinationalism, consubstantial
Bible reference(s): Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 16:13, Matthew 16:16, Mark 8:27, Mark 8:29, Mark 12:29, Mark 12:32, John 1:1-3, John 1:14, John 1:18, John 17:22, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Ephesians 4:6, 1 Timothy 2:5
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