Nicene Christianity

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Christian theological tradition Trinitarian Christianity

Nicene Christianity is the mainstream Christian tradition that affirms the full divinity of Jesus Christ and the doctrine of the Trinity as articulated in the Nicene Creed.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Nicene Christianity canonical	123
Nicene orthodoxy	16
Chalcedonian Christianity	11
Trinitarian Christianity	6
Nicene theology	3
Nicene Trinitarianism	2
Nicene faith	2
Chalcedonian Christology	1
Christian orthodoxy	1
Christianity (Nicene or related imperial Christianity)	1
Christianity (partially, later period)	1
Homoousios Christology	1
Latin Trinitarianism	1
Nicene (Orthodox) Christianity	1
Nicene Trinitarian doctrine	1
Nicene Trinity	1
Nicene and post-Nicene Christology	1
Nicene doctrine of the Trinity	1
Nicene-Constantinopolitan orthodoxy	1
Nicene-era Christianity	1
homoousios Christology	1
pro-Nicene Christianity	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological tradition ⓘ Trinitarian Christianity ⓘ
affirmsDoctrine	Jesus Christ as true God and true man ⓘ Trinity ⓘ baptism for the forgiveness of sins ⓘ consubstantiality of the Holy Spirit with the Father and the Son ⓘ consubstantiality of the Son with the Father ⓘ creatio ex nihilo ⓘ eternal generation of the Son ⓘ full divinity of Jesus Christ ⓘ full divinity of the Holy Spirit ⓘ future judgment ⓘ incarnation of the Son ⓘ monotheism ⓘ one God in three Persons ⓘ one holy catholic and apostolic Church ⓘ procession of the Holy Spirit ⓘ resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
basisOf	mainstream Christian orthodoxy ⓘ
christologicalPosition	Nicene Christianity self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: homoousios Christology
contrastedWith	Arianism ⓘ surface form: Arian Christianity Unitarianism ⓘ surface form: Nontrinitarian Christianity
developedAtCouncil	First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
dominantInBranch	Anglican Communion ⓘ Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran churches Methodist churches ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Reformed churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church most mainline Protestant churches ⓘ
formulatedAtCouncil	First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
geographicScope	global ⓘ
hasCoreText	Nicene Creed ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
historicalOriginCentury	4th century ⓘ
historicalOriginYear	325 ⓘ
liturgicalUse	recitation of the Nicene Creed in worship ⓘ
recognizesCouncil	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ Council of Ephesus ⓘ First Council of Constantinople ⓘ First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
rejectsDoctrine	Arianism ⓘ Modalism ⓘ Nontrinitarianism ⓘ Subordinationism ⓘ
selfDescription	orthodox Christian faith ⓘ
usesCreed	Nicene Creed ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

Referenced by (178)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arianism → contrastedWith → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Tritheism → contrastsWith → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene orthodoxy

Modalism → contrastsWith → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Ambrose of Milan → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Lactantius → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Eusebius of Caesarea → movement → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene-era Christianity

Athanasius of Alexandria → denomination → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Athanasius of Alexandria → movement → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene orthodoxy

Russian Orthodox Church → theology → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Gregory of Nazianzus → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Gregory of Nyssa → denomination → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Antiochian Orthodox Church → hasChristology → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Orthodox Church of Cyprus → followsChristology → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Gothic Christianity → contrastedWith → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Social Trinitarianism → contrastsWith → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Trinitarianism

Byzantine Egypt → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Nicene Christianity → christologicalPosition → Nicene Christianity self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: homoousios Christology

St. Maximus the Confessor → movement → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

subject surface form: Maximus the Confessor

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Docetism → rejectedBy → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Justinian I → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Alexander of Alexandria → theologicalTradition → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Comforter → theologicalTradition → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinitarian Christianity

Father, Son, and Spirit are not distinct eternal persons → contrastsWith → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene Trinitarianism

Patripassianism (teaching that the Father suffered on the cross) → contradicts → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

subject surface form: Patripassianism

this entity surface form: Nicene Trinitarianism

Basil of Caesarea → denomination → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Eastern Roman emperor Zeno → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

subject surface form: Zeno

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Honorius → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Saint Nicholas of Myra → theologicalTradition → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Vandals → opposedReligionOf → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Petronius Maximus → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Kingdom of the Lombards → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Empress Licinia Eudoxia → religiousAffiliation → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Visigothic Kingdom → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Shenoute of Atripe → theologicalOrientation → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Slovak Greek Catholic Church → followsChristologicalDoctrine → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → followsChristology → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christology

Anaphora of Saint Cyril (Coptic form) → confessionOfFaith → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene faith

Albanian Greek Catholic Church → christologicalDoctrine → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Suebi → laterReligion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → christologicalDoctrine → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Canon 1 → affirms → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene faith

Apollinarianism → consideredHeresyBy → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Palladius of Helenopolis → denomination → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Meletius of Antioch → denomination → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Meletius of Antioch → supportedDoctrine → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homoousios Christology

Empress Pulcheria → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

subject surface form: Pulcheria

Canon 28 → tradition → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Rufinus of Aquileia → theologicalTradition → Nicene Christianity ⓘ

Theodosius I → religion → Nicene Christianity ⓘ