( 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.

" The Athanasian Creed has been used by Christian churches since the sixth century.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

He was also a supporter of the movement for abolishing the recitation of the Athanasian Creed in the public services of the Church of England, believing, as he said, that the " presence " of the damnatory clauses, " as they stand and where they stand, is a real peril to the Church and to Christianity itself ," and that those clauses " are no essential part " of the 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.

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.

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.

* Stained glass window of Shield of Trinity diagram as symbol of the Athanasian Creed — Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sterling, Illinois

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 addition to holding the Apostles ', the Nicene and the Athanasian Creeds of the universal church, it also holds to the confessions of its predecessor bodies.

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.

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

He drew up a ' Primitive Liturgy ,' in which he substituted for the Nicene and Athanasian creeds, two creeds taken from the Apostolical Constitutions ; for his ' Primitive Eucharist ' he made use of unleavened bread and mixed wine ; and, most interestingly, he distributed medals of admission to his ' Oratory ' at the price of one shilling.

These include the historic Apostles ' Creed, Nicene Creed, and Athanasian Creed ; the traditional Reformed Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism ( with its compendium ), the Canons of Dort, and the Belhar Confession.

“ One of the central planks of the king's case was the preservation of his catholic orthodoxy through his adherence to the three great creeds of the church, the Apostles ', the Nicene and the Athanasian .”

In addition to the denominational statement of faith, the church adheres to the following historic confessions: the Apostles ' Creed, Nicene and Athanasian Creeds, the Augsburg Confession, and Luther's Small Catechism.

These creeds were the Apostles ' Creed, Nicene Creed, and Athanasian Creed, which were formulated before the East-West Schism of 1054, but the Nicene Creed is the western version containing the filioque.

Mainline denominations are historically Trinitarian and proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Son of God ; they adhere to the historic creeds such as the Nicene Creed, the Apostles ' Creed, and the Athanasian Creed.

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 three Ecumenical Creeds: Apostles ', Nicene and Athanasian

The churches submit to the following three creeds as summaries of the faith: The Apostles Creed, The Nicene Creed, and The Athanasian Creed.

: 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 ".