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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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed	9
Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed	4
Constantinopolitan Creed	1
Nicene Christianity	1
Nicene Creed ("one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church")	1
Nicene Creed without Filioque	1
Nicene doctrine	1
Nicene doctrine of consubstantiality	1
Nicene formula	1
Symbolum Nicenum (Credo)	1

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 (95)

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

Greek Orthodox Church → acceptsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene Creed without Filioque

God the Holy Spirit → affirmedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constantinopolitan Creed

Incarnation of Christ → affirmedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Logos → affirmedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ

resurrection of Jesus Christ → affirmedBy → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Final Judgment → affirmedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Second Coming of Christ → affirmedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Chalcedonian Definition → affirms → Nicene Creed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

Presbyterian → affirmsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Trinity → articulatedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity → associatedDoctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Nicaea → associatedWith → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Burial of Jesus → associatedWithDoctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Kingship of Jesus → confessedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Virgin Birth of Jesus → confessedIn → Nicene Creed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

Hersteld Hervormde Kerk → confession → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) → confessionalBasis → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Council of Ephesus → confirmed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Book of Concord → containsWork → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Tritheism → contradicts → Nicene Creed ⓘ

ECUSA → creed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Episcopal Church → creed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Reformed Church in America → creed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

United Methodist Church → creed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church → creedOrConfession → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Third Council of Toledo → creedUsed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed

Old Catholic Church of Poland → creedalBasis → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Old Catholicism → creedalBasis → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Church of England → creedsUsed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Four Orations Against the Arians → defends → Nicene Creed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene formula

Seven Ecumenical Councils → definedDoctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Georgian Orthodox Church → doctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Germany → doctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Polish Orthodox Church → doctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Romanian Orthodox Church → doctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Serbian Orthodox Church → doctrine → Nicene Creed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed

Roman emperor Constantine the Great → doctrineInfluenced → Nicene Creed ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantine the Great

First Council of Constantinople → expanded → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Belarusian Orthodox communities → follow → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' → follows → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Diocese of Honduras → followsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → followsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

Orthodox Church in America → followsCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Italy → hasBelief → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Protestant Church in the Netherlands → hasConfession → Nicene Creed ⓘ

Roman Catholicism → hasCoreCreed → Nicene Creed ⓘ