Athanasian Creed
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The Athanasian Creed is a Christian statement of faith from the early medieval period that provides a detailed and authoritative formulation of Trinitarian doctrine and the nature of Christ.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Christian creed
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confessional document → statement of faith → |
| affirmsCouncilTeaching |
Council of Chalcedon
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Council of Constantinople → Council of Nicaea → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Quicunque vult
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| approximateDate |
5th–6th century
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| authorshipStatus |
pseudonymous
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| containsFormula |
this is the catholic faith
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whoever wishes to be saved must hold the catholic faith → |
| containsSection |
Christological section
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Trinitarian section → |
| doctrinalAuthorityStatus |
highly authoritative in Western tradition
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| emphasizesDoctrine |
co-equality of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
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co-eternity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit → distinction of divine persons → full divinity of Christ → full humanity of Christ → hypostatic union → unity of divine essence → |
| geographicOrigin |
Western Christianity
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| includedIn |
Book of Concord
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| languageOfOriginal |
Latin
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| lengthComparedToOtherCreeds |
longer than Apostles Creed
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longer than Nicene Creed → |
| likelyRegionOfComposition |
Gaul
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Latin West → |
| liturgicalUse |
Western liturgy
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| modernScholarlyViewOfAuthorship |
not written by Athanasius of Alexandria
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| namedAfter |
Athanasius of Alexandria
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| openingWords |
Quicunque vult salvus esse
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| period |
early medieval period
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| primaryTheme |
Christology
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Trinitarian doctrine → |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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| soteriologicalClaim |
holding the defined faith is necessary for salvation
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| statusInAnglicanCommunion |
included in Book of Common Prayer tradition
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| statusInLutheranChurches |
included in Book of Concord
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| statusInRomanCatholicChurch |
part of traditional corpus of creeds
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| structure |
series of doctrinal propositions
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| theologicalOrientation |
anti-Arian
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anti-Eutychian → anti-Nestorian → |
| traditionalAttribution |
Athanasius of Alexandria
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| usedByDenomination |
Anglican Communion
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Lutheran churches → Roman Catholic Church → some Reformed churches → |