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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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	homoousios Christology →
contrastedWith	Arian Christianity → Nontrinitarian Christianity →
developedAtCouncil	First Council of Constantinople →
dominantInBranch	Anglican Communion → Assyrian Church of the East → Eastern Orthodox Church → Lutheran churches → Methodist churches → Oriental Orthodox Churches → Reformed churches → Roman Catholic Church → most mainline Protestant churches →
formulatedAtCouncil	First Council of Nicaea →
geographicScope	global →
hasCoreText	Nicene Creed → 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 → Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed →

Referenced by (82)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ambrose of Milan → Anthemius → Byzantine Egypt ("Chalcedonian Christianity") → Constantius III → Gregory of Nazianzus → Honorius → Justinian I ("Chalcedonian Christianity") → Kingdom of Odoacer → Kingdom of the Lombards → Lactantius → Libius Severus → Majorian → Petronius Maximus → Pulcheria → Stilicho → Theodosius I → Theodosius II → Valentinian III → Visigothic Kingdom → Zeno ("Chalcedonian Christianity") →	religion
Alexander of Alexandria → Aurelius Ambrosius → Comforter ("Trinitarian Christianity") → De fide → On the Incarnation → Rufinus of Aquileia → Saint Nicholas of Myra → Theological Orations →	theologicalTradition
Athanasius of Alexandria → Basil of Caesarea → Bishop of Sasima → Gregory of Nyssa → Meletius of Antioch → Nectarius of Constantinople → Palladius of Helenopolis →	denomination
Father, Son, and Spirit are not distinct eternal persons ("Nicene Trinitarianism") → Modalism → Social Trinitarianism ("Latin Trinitarianism") → Tritheism ("Nicene orthodoxy") →	contrastsWith
Athanasius of Alexandria ("Nicene orthodoxy") → Eusebius of Caesarea ("Nicene-era Christianity") → Maximus the Confessor ("Chalcedonian Christianity") →	movement
Four Orations Against the Arians ("Nicene orthodoxy") → Preparation for the Gospel ("pro-Nicene Christianity") → Shenoute of Atripe →	theologicalOrientation
Albanian Greek Catholic Church ("Chalcedonian Christianity") → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ("Chalcedonian Christianity") →	christologicalDoctrine
Arianism → Gothic Christianity →	contrastedWith
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ("Chalcedonian Christology") → Orthodox Church of Cyprus ("Chalcedonian Christianity") →	followsChristology
Russian Orthodox Church → Russian Orthodox Church ("Chalcedonian Christianity") →	theology
Canon 28 ("Chalcedonian Christianity") → Letter to Serapion →	tradition
Canon 1 ("Nicene faith") →	affirms
Orations →	associatedWith
Nicene Christianity ("homoousios Christology") →	christologicalPosition
Fourth Council of Toledo →	confession
Anaphora of Saint Cyril (Coptic form) ("Nicene faith") →	confessionOfFaith
Apollinarianism →	consideredHeresyBy
Patripassianism ("Nicene Trinitarianism") →	contradicts
Homilies on the Song of Songs →	doctrinalContext
Slovak Greek Catholic Church ("Chalcedonian Christianity") →	followsChristologicalDoctrine
Antiochian Orthodox Church ("Chalcedonian Christianity") →	hasChristology
Theological Orations ("Nicene-Constantinopolitan orthodoxy") →	hasTheologicalEmphasis
On the Incarnation ("Nicene and post-Nicene Christology") →	influenced
Expositio Evangelii secundum Lucam →	influencedBy
Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century →	involves
Suebi →	laterReligion
Theodosius I →	madeStateReligion
Against Eunomius ("Nicene Trinitarian doctrine") →	mainSubject
Vandals →	opposedReligionOf
Leander of Seville →	promoted
Docetism →	rejectedBy
Christianization of the Franks →	religionAdopted
Empress Licinia Eudoxia →	religiousAffiliation
De Spiritu Sancto →	religiousDenomination
Meletius of Antioch ("Homoousios Christology") →	supportedDoctrine
Saint Isaac of Dalmatia →	theologicalAlignment
Festal Letters ("Nicene orthodoxy") →	theologicalContext
Homilies on Genesis →	theologicalPerspective