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Nicene Creed

[ nahy-seen kreed, nahy-seen ]

noun

  1. a formal statement of the chief tenets of Christian belief, adopted by the first Nicene Council.
  2. a later creed of closely similar form Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, or Constantinopolitan Creed referred, perhaps erroneously, to the Council of Constantinople (a.d. 381), received universally in the Eastern Church and, with an addition introduced in the 6th century a.d., accepted generally throughout western Christendom.


Nicene Creed

noun

  1. the formal summary of Christian beliefs promulgated at the first council of Nicaea in 325 ad
  2. a longer formulation of Christian beliefs authorized at the council of Constantinople in 381, and now used in most Christian liturgies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of Nicene Creed1

First recorded in 1550–60

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