Nicene Creed

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Christian creed profession of faith statement of faith

The Nicene Creed is an ancient Christian statement of faith, formulated at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople, that defines core doctrines about the Trinity and the nature of Christ and is widely used in liturgical worship across many denominations.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Nicene Creed canonical 118
Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed 13
Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed 10

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian creed ⓘ
profession of faith ⓘ
statement of faith ⓘ
authorityStatus ecumenical creed ⓘ
declares the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father ⓘ
the Son is begotten, not made ⓘ
the Son is of one substance with the Father ⓘ
definesDoctrine God the Holy Spirit ⓘ
surface form: Holy Spirit

Trinity ⓘ
baptism for the forgiveness of sins ⓘ
consubstantiality of the Son with the Father ⓘ
divinity of Christ ⓘ
incarnation of Christ ⓘ
life of the world to come ⓘ
one holy catholic and apostolic Church ⓘ
resurrection of Christ ⓘ
resurrection of the dead ⓘ
FilioqueClauseStatus added in Western tradition ⓘ
omitted in Eastern tradition ⓘ
formulatedAt First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
formulationYear 325 ⓘ
381 ⓘ
geographicOrigin Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
surface form: Nicaea
hasClause Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed ⓘ
surface form: Filioque clause
hasVersion Nicene Creed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

original 325 Nicene formula ⓘ
influenced later Christian confessions ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUse Eucharistic liturgy ⓘ
Sunday worship ⓘ
major feast days ⓘ
opposes Arianism ⓘ
recognizedBy Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
many ecumenical councils ⓘ
relatedDocument Apostles’ Creed ⓘ
surface form: Apostles Creed

Athanasian Creed ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
theologicalFocus Christology ⓘ
Trinitarian theology ⓘ
usedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Methodist churches ⓘ
surface form: Methodist Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Christian Reformed Church in North America ⓘ
surface form: Reformed Churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

many Protestant denominations ⓘ

Referenced by (156)

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

Episcopal Church → creed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Christianity → hasCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Roman Catholicism → hasCoreCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity → hasTheology → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicene Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity → followsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity → followsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
Trinity → articulatedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Trinity → articulatedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
Second Coming of Christ → affirmedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Nicene Creed → hasVersion → Nicene Creed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
ECUSA → creed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Final Judgment → affirmedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Anglican Communion → hasDoctrinalStandard → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Ascension → mentionedInCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Tritheism → contradicts → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Incarnation of Christ → affirmedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → hasCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
Church of England → creedsUsed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Savior → usedInCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Pontius Pilate → mentionedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ
God the Holy Spirit → affirmedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ
God the Holy Spirit → affirmedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantinopolitan Creed
Old Catholicism → creedalBasis → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Roman emperor Constantine the Great → doctrineInfluenced → Nicene Creed ⓘ
subject surface form: Constantine the Great
First Council of Nicaea → produced → Nicene Creed ⓘ
resurrection of Jesus Christ → affirmedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Diocese of Honduras → followsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
First Council of Constantinople → mainTopic → Nicene Creed ⓘ
First Council of Constantinople → expanded → Nicene Creed ⓘ
First Council of Constantinople → produced → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
Council of Ephesus → confirmed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Presbyterian → affirmsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
the Father → isRelatedToDoctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ
subject surface form: God the Father
Christos → usedInCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Third Council of Toledo → creedUsed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
Ambrose of Milan → influencedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic → recognizes → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Old Catholic Church of Slovakia → recognizesCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church → doctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
Old Catholic Church of Italy → hasBelief → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Western Christianity → usesCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church → acceptsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicene Creed without Filioque
Romanian Orthodox Church → doctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Holy Trinity → relatedCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Holy Trinity → relatedCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
Georgian Orthodox Church → doctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Antiochian Orthodox Church → hasDoctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
Gothic Christianity → rejected → Nicene Creed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicene doctrine of consubstantiality
Orthodox Church of Albania → hasDoctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ
Logos → affirmedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ