Of the roughly three hundred bishops in attendance at the Council of Nicea, only two bishops did not sign the Nicene Creed, which condemned Arianism.

By 325, the controversy had become significant enough that the Emperor Constantine called an assembly of bishops, the First Council of Nicaea, which condemned Arius ' doctrine and formulated the original Nicene Creed of 325.

In 381, at the Second Ecumenical Council in Constantinople, a group of mainly Eastern bishops assembled and accepted the Nicene Creed of 381, which was supplemented in regard to the Holy Spirit, as well as some other changes: see Comparison between Creed of 325 and Creed of 381.

It is the first creed in which the equality of the three persons of the Trinity is explicitly stated, and differs from the Nicene-Constantinopolitan and Apostles ' Creeds in the inclusion of anathemas, or condemnations of those who disagree with the Creed ( like the original Nicene 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.

Athanasius may have accompanied Alexander to the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the council which produced the Nicene Creed and anathematized Arius and his followers.

The liturgical communities in western Christianity that derive their rituals from the Roman Missal, including those particular communities which use the Roman Missal itself ( Roman Catholics ), the Book of Common Prayer ( Anglicans / Episcopalians ), the Lutheran Book of Worship ( ELCA Lutherans ), Lutheran Service Book ( Missouri-Synod Lutherans ), use the Apostles ' Creed and interrogative forms of it in their rites of Baptism, which they consider to be the first sacrament of initiation into the Church.

The word derives from the Latin credo, which means " I believe " ( because the Latin translation of the Apostles ' Creed and the Nicene Creed both begin with this word ) so a creed may also be called a credo.

The Nicene Creed reflects the concerns of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 which had as their chief purpose to establish what Christians believed.

It is the first creed in which the equality of the three persons of the Trinity is explicitly stated, and differs from the Nicene and Apostles ' Creeds in the inclusion of anathemas, or condemnations of those who disagree with the Creed.

Some examples are the American's Creed and the Social Creed adopted by the Methodist Church ( which contains both religious and social beliefs ).

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.

# Council of Chalcedon ( 451 ) repudiated the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism, adopted the Chalcedonian Creed, which described the hypostatic union of the two natures of Christ, human and divine.

During 1897 the Baudot system was improved by switching to punched tape, which was prepared offline like the Morse tape used with the Wheatstone and Creed systems.

It is not present in the Greek text of the Nicene Creed as originally formulated at the First Council of Constantinople, which says only that the Holy Spirit proceeds " from the Father ":

Kid Rock and Scott Stapp, singer of the band Creed, appear in a sex tape from 1999 in which the two have sex with four groupies in a mobile home.

`` The Moral Creed '' and `` The Will To Risk '' live happily together, if we do not examine where the line is to be drawn.

The Nicene Creed is predominantly recited during the mass while the Apostles ' is typically used for other occasions, healings, etc.

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

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

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.

The text of the Athanasian Creed is as follows:

The Apostles ' Creed ( Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum or Symbolum Apostolicum ), sometimes titled Symbol of the Apostles, is an early statement of Christian belief, a creed or " symbol ".

This form of the Apostles ' Creed can be found incorporated into the Eucharistic and Baptismal Liturgies in the Hymnal and in The United Methodist Book of Worship, and hence it is growing in popularity and use.

An interrogative form of the Apostles ' Creed is used in the Rite of Baptism ( for both children and adults ).

Since the 2002 edition, the Apostles ' Creed is included in the Roman Missal with the indication, " Instead of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, especially during Lent and Easter time, the baptismal Symbol of the Roman Church, known as the Apostles ’ Creed, may be used.

The Apostles ' Creed is used in the non-Eucharistic services of Matins and Evening Prayer ( Evensong ).

The Apostles ' Creed is then recited by candidates, sponsors and congregation, each section of the Creed being an answer to the celebrant's question, ' Do you believe in God the Father ( God the Son, God the Holy Spirit )?

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 Nicene Creed is " accepted as authoritative by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and major Protestant churches.

After forty years under the control of Arian bishops, the churches of Constantinople were now restored to those who subscribed to the Nicene Creed ; Arians were also ejected from the churches of other cities in the Eastern Roman Empire thus re-establishing Christian orthodoxy in the East.

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of Vatican II, in October 2011, the Vatican's website and many other Catholic news organizations announced that the Pope Benedict XVI, had made the period from October 2012 to the end of November 2013 ( the Solemnity of Christ the King ) a " Year Of Faith " in a solemn declaration, and ordered all parishes and religious institutions to find some manner during that Year of celebrating and reaffirming the Creed ( there are now two main Creeds-the shorter Apostle's Creed and the lengthier Niceno-Constantopolitan, or Nicene Creed.

Permission was given for use, only in Mass celebrated with the people, of the vernacular language, especially in the Biblical readings and the reintroduced Prayers of the Faithful, but, " until the whole of the Ordinary of the Mass has been revised ," in the chants ( Kyrie, Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and the entrance, offertory and communion antiphons ) and in the parts that involved dialogue with the people, and in the Our Father, which the people could now recite entirely together with the priest.

" At the same time he was in favour of making the creed of the Church as wide as possible —" not narrower than that which is even now the test of its membership, the Apostles ' Creed "— and of throwing down all barriers which could be wisely dispensed with to admission to its ministry.

Ward, and earliest of the perverts to Rome ; then Greg, author of The Creed of Christendom, a Deist ; then Froude, the historian, once a deacon in our Church, now a Deist ; then Roden Noël, an actual Atheist and red republican, and looking very like one!

Creed, now with followers and power that rival anyone alive, including the numbers, vows to get Train to join him.

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Former champion Apollo Creed ( Carl Weathers ), now 42 years old, comes out of retirement to challenge Drago to an exhibition match, promoted by Creed's former rival Rocky Balboa ( Sylvester Stallone ).

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 Byzantine Rite Liturgy, the Nicene Creed is recited on all occasions, following the Litany of Supplication.

Baphomet features in the Creed of the Gnostic Catholic Church recited by the congregation in The Gnostic Mass, in the sentence: " And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of Mystery, in His name BAPHOMET.

At the end of the office, the Nicene Creed is recited.

The indulgences applied each time a specified collection of prayers-in this case seven each of the Creed, Our Father, and Hail Mary-were recited in front of the image.

Peter rose to his knees, and recited the first article of the Symbol of the Apostles ( the Apostle's Creed ).

") The Nicene Creed was also recited at Mass, which is normally not said except on Sundays and the highest-ranking feast days.

The Creed of Saint Athanasius, although not often used, is recited in certain Anglican churches, particularly those of High Church tendency.

Learning quickly, Paula correctly “ recited the Lord ’ s Prayer, the Creed, the Slave Regina, and the Ten Commandments ” before the second hearing of her trial.

In accordance with the Roman Catholic Church's practice of including the clause when reciting the Creed in Latin, but not when reciting the Creed in Greek, Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have recited the Nicene Creed jointly with Patriarchs Demetrius I and Bartholomew I in Greek without the Filioque clause.

Pope John Paul II recited the Nicene Creed several times with patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Greek according to the original text.

Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have recited the Nicene Creed jointly with Patriarchs Demetrius I and Bartholomew I in Greek without the Filioque clause.

In Downe Emma attended the Anglican village church, but as a Unitarian had the family turn round in silence when the Trinitarian Nicene Creed was recited.

In Downe Emma attended the Anglican village church, but as a Unitarian had the family turn round in silence when the Trinitarian Nicene Creed was recited.

In the Tridentine Mass this genuflection is made on any day on which the Creed is recited at Mass, as well as at several other points:

The Creed is traditionally recited by members at chapter meetings, and is often discussed in new member education programs to teach the values and ideals of the Fraternity.

The creed of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica — also known as the Gnostic Creed — is recited in the Gnostic Mass, during the Ceremony of the Introit.

The congregation enters the temple, the Deacon presents the Law of Thelema, and the Gnostic Creed is recited.

After the sovereign had recited the Nicene Creed as his profession of faith, and after an invocation of the Holy Ghost and a litany, the emperor assumed the purple chlamys, and the crown was then presented to him.