{"id":150164,"date":"2025-03-04T10:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T10:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=150164"},"modified":"2025-03-04T10:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T10:55:59","slug":"the-nicean-creed-is-1700-years-old-this-yearand-it-still-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/the-nicean-creed-is-1700-years-old-this-yearand-it-still-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nicean Creed is 1700 Year\u2019s Old this Year\u2026and it still matters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The Nicean Creed is 1700 Year\u2019s Old this Year\u2026and it still matters!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150165 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/First-Council-of-Nicaea-in-AD-325-e1741085658163.jpg\" alt=\"First Council of Nicaea in AD 325\" width=\"600\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A historic moment for the church took place 1,700 years ago this year when, at the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325, the Nicene Creed was originally formulated and later expanded at the First Council of Constantinople in AD 381. It is one of the most important and foundational creeds in Christianity, used by many denominations as a declaration of faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It was called by Emperor Constantine the Great to address divisions within the Church, particularly over the nature of Christ&#8217;s divinity. The council is one of the most significant events in Church history because it established foundational Christian doctrines and set a precedent for resolving theological disputes through ecumenical councils.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Councils were first established by the Apostles, as recorded in Acts 15. These gatherings of church leaders (bishops, theologians, and sometimes laypeople) were convened to address doctrinal, disciplinary, or administrative issues within Christianity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Nicene Creed was developed to address and combat heresies, particularly Arianism, which denied the full divinity of Jesus Christ and asserted that Jesus was created by God. &#8220;It was proposed early in the 4th century by the Alexandrian presbyter Arius and was popular throughout much of the Eastern and Western Roman empires, even after it was denounced as a heresy by the Council of Nicaea (325).&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Nicene Creed affirmed the doctrine of the Trinity, the belief that God exists as three persons\u2014Father, Son, and Holy Spirit\u2014in one divine essence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Nicene Creed (Modern English Version)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We believe in one God,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">the Father Almighty,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Maker of heaven and earth,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and of all things visible and invisible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And in one Lord Jesus Christ,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">the only-begotten Son of God,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">begotten of the Father before all worlds,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Light of Light, very God of very God,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">begotten, not made,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">being of one substance with the Father,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">by whom all things were made;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">who, for us men and for our salvation,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">came down from heaven,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and was made man;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He suffered and was buried,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and the third day He rose again,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">according to the Scriptures;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and ascended into heaven,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and sits at the right hand of the Father;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and He shall come again, with glory,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">to judge the living and the dead;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">whose kingdom shall have no end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And we believe in the Holy Spirit,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">the Lord and Giver of Life,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">who proceeds from the Father [and the Son];<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">who spoke by the prophets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And we look for the resurrection of the dead,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and the life of the world to come. 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