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For that reason, a creed was called in Greek a σύμβολον, symbolon, which originally meant half of a broken object which, when fitted to the other half, verified the bearer's identity. [21] The Greek word passed through Latin symbolum into English "symbol", which only later took on the meaning of an outward sign of something. [22]
A creed by definition is a summary or statement of what one believes. It originates from the Latin credo meaning "I believe". [10] The purpose of a creed is to act as a yardstick of correct belief. [11] A creed is an epitome, not a full definition, of what is required for orthodoxy.
The earliest known creed in Christianity, "Jesus is Lord", originated in the writings of Paul the Apostle. [2] One of the most significant and widely used Christian creeds is the Nicene Creed, first formulated in AD 325 at the First Council of Nicaea [3] to affirm the deity of Christ and revised at the First Council of Constantinople in AD 381 to affirm the trinity as a whole. [4]
"Apostles' Creed". Creed of Nicaea: 325 Ecumenical Church Greek: Σύμβολον τῆς Νικαίας or, τῆς πίστεως, Latin: Symbolum Nicaenum: Product of the first ecumenical council in Nicaea which tried to solve the Arian controversy. [2] "Creed of Nicaea". Nicene Creed (Nicaea-Constantinopolitan Creed) 381 Ecumenical Church
The Apostles' Creed (Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum or Symbolum Apostolicum), sometimes titled the Apostolic Creed or the Symbol of the Apostles, is a Christian creed or "symbol of faith". The creed most likely originated in 5th-century Gaul as a development of the Old Roman Symbol : the old Latin creed of the 4th century.
The ICET text and the versions adapted by various denominations use the plural "we" form which corresponds to the original text from the Council of Nicea (325 CE) and the Council of Constantinople (381 CE) which begin the creed with Πιστεύομεν (Greek, pisteuomen, "we believe"). This is the ICET version currently used in The Episcopal ...
Homoousion (/ ˌ h ɒ m oʊ ˈ uː s i ɒ n, ˌ h oʊ m-/ HO(H)M-oh-OO-see-on; Ancient Greek: ὁμοούσιον, lit. 'same in being, same in essence', from ὁμός, homós, "same" and οὐσία, ousía, "being" or "essence") [1] [2] is a Christian theological term, most notably used in the Nicene Creed for describing Jesus (God the Son) as "same in being" or "same in essence" with God ...
"One Church", illustration of Article 7 of the Augsburg Confession. This mark derives from the Pauline epistles, which state that the Church is "one". [11] In 1 Cor. 15:9, Paul the Apostle spoke of himself as having persecuted "the church of God", not just the local church in Jerusalem but the same church that he addresses at the beginning of that letter as "the church of God that is in ...