The Council of Nicaea did not end the controversy, as many bishops of the Eastern provinces disputed the homoousios, the central term of the Nicene creed, as it had been used by Paul of Samosata, who had advocated a monarchianist Christology.

Constantine's son Constantius II, who had become Emperor of the eastern part of the Empire, actually encouraged the Arians and set out to reverse the Nicene creed.

Constantius used his power to exile bishops adhering to the Nicene creed, especially St Athanasius of Alexandria, who fled to Rome.

As debates raged in an attempt to come up with a new formula, three camps evolved among the opponents of the Nicene creed.

These contacts and the common plight subsequently led to a rapprochement between the Western supporters of the Nicene creed and the homoousios and the Eastern semi-Arians.

Valens died in the Battle of Adrianople in 378 and was succeeded by Theodosius I, who adhered to the Nicene creed.

Although much of the church hierarchy in the East had opposed the Nicene creed in the decades leading up to Theodosius ' accession, he managed to achieve unity on the basis of the Nicene creed.

Thus, over the past 1, 500 years, some Christians have used the term Arian to refer to those groups that see themselves as worshiping Jesus Christ or respecting his teachings, but do not hold to the Nicene creed.

Although the western Emperor Gratian held orthodox belief in the Nicene creed, the younger Valentinian II, who became his colleague in the Empire, adhered to the Arian creed.

In the East, Emperor Theodosius I likewise professed the Nicene creed ; but there were many adherents of Arianism throughout his dominions, especially among the higher clergy.

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 Nicene Creed, largely a response to Arianism, was formulated at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople in 325 and 381 respectively and ratified as the universal creed of Christendom by the First Council of Ephesus in 431.

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.

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.

There is a change in the Non-Chalcedonian definition here, as the Nicene creed clearly uses the terms " of ", rather than " in ".

" However, the anti-Arian creed from Palestine prevailed becoming the basis for the Nicene Creed.

Thirty-six Pneumatomachians arrived but were denied admission to the council when they refused to accept the Nicene creed.

Jordanes ' conversion may have been a conversion to the trinitarian Nicene creed, which may be expressed in anti-Arianism in certain passages in Getica.

The Nicene Creed ( Latin: ) is the creed or profession of faith ( Greek: ) that is most widely used in Christian liturgy.

There are several designations for the two forms of the Nicene creed, some with overlapping meanings:

A. Hort and Adolf Harnack argued that the Nicene creed was the local creed of Caesarea ( an important center of Early Christianity ) brought to the council by Eusebius of Caesarea.

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

The Nicene Creed's central term, used to describe the relationship between the Father and the Son, is Homoousios (), or Consubstantiality, meaning " of the same substance " or " of one being ".

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

One of the most widely used creeds in Christianity is the Nicene Creed, first formulated in AD 325 at the First Council of Nicaea.

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.

# First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) repudiated Arianism, declared that Christ is " homoousios with the Father " ( of the same substance as the Father ), and adopted the original Nicene Creed, fixed Easter date ; recognized primacy of the sees of Rome, Alexandria and Antioch and granted the See of Jerusalem a position of honor.

# First Council of Constantinople ( 381 ) repudiated Arianism and Macedonianism, declared that Christ is " born of the Father before all time ", revised the Nicene Creed in regard to the Holy Spirit.

Its present canon law requires that an ecumenical council be convoked and presided over, either personally or through a delegate, by the Pope, who is also to decide the agenda ; but the church makes no claim that all past ecumenical councils observed these present rules, declaring only that the Pope's confirmation or at least recognition has always been required, and saying that the version of the Nicene Creed adopted at the First Council of Constantinople ( 381 ) was accepted by the Church of Rome only seventy years later, in 451.

Filioque (), Latin for " and ( from ) the Son ", is a phrase found in the form of Nicene Creed in use in most of the Western Christian churches.

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 ":

It is called Nicene () because, in its original form, it was adopted in the city of Nicaea ( İznik in what is now Turkey ) by the first ecumenical council, which met there in the year 325.

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

In the Roman Catholic Church, the Nicene Creed is part of the profession of faith required of those undertaking important functions within the Church.

* Nicene Creed or the Creed of Nicaea is used to refer to the original version adopted at the First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ), to the revised version adopted by the First Council of Constantinople ( 381 ), to the Latin version that includes the phrase " Deum de Deo " and " Filioque ", and to the Armenian version, which does not include " and from the Son ", but does include " God from God " and many other phrases.

The third Ecumenical Council ( Council of Ephesus of 431 ) reaffirmed the original 325 version of the Nicene Creed and declared that " it is unlawful for any man to bring forward, or to write, or to compose a different ( – more accurately translated as used by the Council to mean “ different ,” “ contradictory ,” and not “ another ”) Faith as a rival to that established by the holy Fathers assembled with the Holy Ghost in Nicæa " ( i. e. the 325 creed ) This statement has been interpreted as a prohibition against changing this creed or composing others, but not all accept this interpretation.

The new official translation of the entire Order of Mass is available on the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which also provides a comparison between the new text of the people's parts and that hitherto in use in the United States ( where the version of the Nicene Creed is slightly different from that in other English-speaking countries ).

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

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

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.

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.