( The Athanasian Creed is less often used but is a more overtly anti-Arian statement on the Trinity.

Athanasius of Alexandria was traditionally thought to be the author of the Athanasian Creed, and gives his name to its common title.

The Athanasian Creed ( Quicumque vult ) is a Christian statement of belief, focusing on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology.

Widely accepted among Western Christians, including the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Lutheran Church and most liturgical Protestant denominations, the Athanasian Creed has been used in public worship less and less frequently.

The Shield of the Trinity, a visual representation of the doctrine of the Trinity, derived from the Athanasian Creed.

The 1940 discovery of a lost work by Vincent of Lérins, which bears a striking similarity to much of the language of the Athanasian Creed, have led many to conclude that the creed originated either with Vincent or with his students.

The oldest surviving manuscripts of the Athanasian Creed date from the late 8th century.

The Athanasian Creed is usually divided into two sections: lines 1 – 28 addressing the doctrine of the Trinity, and lines 29 – 44 addressing the doctrine of Christology.

While ascribing the divine attributes and divinity to each person of the Trinity, thus avoiding subordinationism, the first half of the Athanasian Creed also stresses the unity of the three persons in the one Godhead, thus avoiding a theology of tritheism.

The text of the Athanasian Creed is as follows:

The so-called Athanasian Creed dates from well after Athanasius's death and draws upon the phraseology of Augustine's De trinitate.

* Athanasian Creed

* The so-called Athanasian Creed ( not written by Athanasius, see Athanasian Creed above )

** Athanasian Creed

The Athanasian Creed, received in the Western Church as having the same status as the Nicene and Chalcedonian, says: " We worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity ; neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the Substance.

In the words of the Athanasian Creed, an early statement of Christian belief, " the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God ".

The Athanasian Creed.

The Athanasian Creed ( Quicumque vult ) is a Christian statement of belief, focusing on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology.

It is in line with this interpretation, which applies the word " catholic " ( universal ) to no one denomination, that they understand the phrase " One Holy catholic and Apostolic Church " in the Nicene Creed, the phrase the Catholic faith in the Athanasian Creed and the phrase " holy catholic church " in the Apostles ' Creed.

Sabellianism has been rejected by the majority of Christian churches in favour of Trinitarianism, which was eventually defined as three distinct, co-equal, co-eternal persons by the Athanasian Creed late in the fourth century.

At a general convention held in Berlin in September 1846 a keen dispute arose about the admission of the Königsberg delegate, Julius Rupp ( 1809-1884 ), who in 1845 had been deprived for publicly repudiating the Athanasian Creed and became one of the founders of the " Free Congregations "; and at one time it seemed likely that the society would be completely broken up.

The term is used in Athanasian Creed and formulas such as: " God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit: And not three gods, but God is one "-Deus Pater, Deus Filius, Deus Spiritus Sanctus: Et non tres Dii, sed unus est Deus.

1109 ( and possibly also by Joachim of Fiore's different Tetragrammaton-Trinity diagram of three circles, which in turn led to the Borromean rings being used as a symbol of the Trinity ), in combination with the Athanasian Creed.

The notion that hell was below the earth is stated clearly in early Christian tradition by the belief, still recited by most Christians in the Apostolic and Athanasian creeds, that Christ " descended into hell " between his death and resurrection.

None of them had an authoritative character analogous to that given by Christianity to its three great formulas ( the Apostles ' Creed, the Nicene or Constantinopolitan, and the Athanasian ), or to the Kalimat As-Shahadat of the Muslims.

Still stronger was the feeling caused by his efforts to make the recital of the Athanasian Creed optional instead of imperative in the Anglican Church.

According to Swedenborg the Athanasian Creed is true, however, if by a trinity is understood to mean a trinity in one person and that person is in the Lord God Jesus Christ.

The Athanasian Creed, one of the oldest creeds of the Church confirmed by both the Council of Florence and Pope Gregory XVI, taught unequivocally that only those who held the Catholic Faith whole and inviolate could be saved from eternal damnation.

" Athanasian Creed The statements of the Church since Vatican II, traditionalists argue, countermand the original Athanasian Creed by stating that Protestants, pagans, Muslims, Jews and others who do not hold the Catholic faith whole and inviolate can still participate in salvation, and have the grace of faith.

Inside these covers one finds more than hymn texts: The Church Year is summarized ; followed by the full texts of the Augsburg Confession ; the texts of the Apostles ' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed ; and the Small Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther.

He also acted as vestry and parish clerk, but showed his independence of mind and action by invariably closing his book and resuming his seat at the recitation of the Athanasian Creed.

Moberly, however, retained his independence of thought, and in 1872 he astonished his High Church friends by joining in the movement for the disuse of the damnatory clauses in the Athanasian Creed.

The Shield of the Trinity is not generally intended to be any kind of schematic diagram of the structure of God, but instead is merely a compact visual device from which the above statements ( contained in or implied by the Athanasian Creed ) can be read off.

At this synod, it was decided that the church would retain the three original Christian creeds: the Apostles ', the Athanasian, and the Nicene.

The Church professes the Lutheran Christian faith, with its foundation on the Bible, the Apostles ', Nicene and Athanasian Creeds, Luther's Small Catechism and the Augsburg Confession.

The Harrowing of Hell ( Latin Descensus Christi ad Inferos " the descent of Christ into hell ") is a doctrine in Christian theology referenced in the Apostles ' Creed and the Athanasian Creed ( Quicumque vult ) that states that Jesus Christ " descended into Hell ".

The creeds are a set of common beliefs shared with many other Christian churches, and consist of the Apostles ' Creed, the Athanasian Creed and the Nicene Creed.

The Church derives its teachings from the Bible and the Book of Concord which includes the three ecumenical creeds of the Christian Church — that is, the Apostle's Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

The Shield of the Trinity or Scutum Fidei is a traditional Christian visual symbol which expresses many aspects of the doctrine of the Trinity, summarizing the first part of the Athanasian Creed in a compact diagram.

With most faculty and board members being formerly associated with the Christian Reformed Church in North America, and now affiliated with the recently-created United Reformed Churches, all members of the faculty and of the Board of Trustees are committed to the Holy Scriptures as the infallible and inerrant Word of God, and in conformity with the Word are committed to the ecumenical creeds of Christendom ( the Apostles ' Creed, Athanasian Creed, and Nicene Creed ) and the Reformed Confessions ( the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Canons of Dort, and the Westminster Confession of Faith ) as faithfully setting forth the system of truth taught in Scripture.

: In the end, Legate " a man well read in the scriptures, and of unblameable life, was charged with Socinian tenets, and with saying, that the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds did not contain a profession of the true Christian Faith ".