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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Athanasian Creed canonical | 35 |
| longer than Apostles Creed | 1 |
| longer than Nicene Creed | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian creed
ⓘ
confessional document ⓘ statement of faith ⓘ |
| affirmsCouncilTeaching |
Council of Chalcedon
ⓘ
First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Constantinople
First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Nicaea
|
| alsoKnownAs | Quicunque vult ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 5th–6th century ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | pseudonymous ⓘ |
| containsFormula |
this is the catholic faith
ⓘ
whoever wishes to be saved must hold the catholic faith ⓘ |
| containsSection |
Christological section
ⓘ
Trinitarian section ⓘ |
| doctrinalAuthorityStatus | highly authoritative in Western tradition ⓘ |
| emphasizesDoctrine |
co-equality of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
ⓘ
co-eternity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ⓘ distinction of divine persons ⓘ full divinity of Christ ⓘ full humanity of Christ ⓘ Incarnation of Christ ⓘ
surface form:
hypostatic union
unity of divine essence ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin | Western Christianity ⓘ |
| includedIn | Book of Concord ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginal | Latin ⓘ |
| lengthComparedToOtherCreeds |
Athanasian Creed
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
longer than Apostles Creed
Athanasian Creed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
longer than Nicene Creed
|
| likelyRegionOfComposition |
Gaul
ⓘ
Latin West ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse | Western liturgy ⓘ |
| modernScholarlyViewOfAuthorship | not written by Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ |
| openingWords | Quicunque vult salvus esse ⓘ |
| period | early medieval period ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
Christology
ⓘ
Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| soteriologicalClaim | holding the defined faith is necessary for salvation ⓘ |
| statusInAnglicanCommunion | included in Book of Common Prayer tradition ⓘ |
| statusInLutheranChurches | included in Book of Concord ⓘ |
| statusInRomanCatholicChurch | part of traditional corpus of creeds ⓘ |
| structure | series of doctrinal propositions ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
anti-Arian
ⓘ
anti-Eutychian ⓘ anti-Nestorian ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ |
| usedByDenomination |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
some Reformed churches ⓘ |
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
longer than Apostles Creed
this entity surface form:
longer than Nicene Creed
subject surface form:
Anglicanism
subject surface form:
Articles of Religion (United Methodist Church)
subject surface form:
Protestantse Kerk in Nederland
subject surface form:
Lutheran Church–Canada