Question about the Nicene Creed?

Question

Who made the Nicene creed-
When was it made-
where was it made-
Why was it made-
Please help me answer the above questions
(please list sources if there are any thanks ^^)

Answer 1

Other than "The Apostles’ Creed," the Nicene Creed is likely the most universally accepted and recognized statements of the Christian faith. The Nicene Creed was first adopted in A.D. 325 at the Council of Nicea. The Roman Emperor Constantine had convened the Council of Nicea in an attempt to unify the Christian church with one doctrine, especially on the issues of the Trinity and the deity / humanity of Jesus Christ. The Nicene Creed reads as follows:

We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Answer 2

To follow up with the Apostle's Creed question. The Nicene Creed came about after the heresy of Arius infected the doctrine of the church. It is named after Nicea, where the first Ecumenical council was formed to renounce Arius' teachings. This is the reason why the Nicene Creed expands on the person and work of Christ, which contradicted Arius' claims that Christ was a creature. Further development occured in the Athanasian Creed.

Answer 3

The Apostle's Creed. In pious lore, one or 2 verses from each Apostle on Pentecost Sunday. placed by potential of scholars as origination sometime interior the 5th century, possibly Rome. Used for youngster's liturgies and as area of the Baptism ritual. The creed does not particularly reject any heretical theory, yet is obviously anti-pagan. The Nicene Creed, accompanied by potential of the Nicene Council, 325, thoroughly rejected Arianism, by potential of pointing out that God, the Son, replaced into of the comparable substance as God, the daddy. Jesus Christ is God. The Holy Spirit is termed God, yet his nature isn't elaborated on. Arius held that God the Son replaced right into a creature of God the daddy. The Nicene council replaced into observed as by potential of the jap Bishops, Rome sent representatives. The Bishop of Rome, the Pope, replaced into too elderly and too sick to return and forth to Nicea. The Nicene creed is recited at very almost all a lot on Sundays and weekdays.

Answer 4

When the emperor Constantine was converted to Christianity, he became aware of the divisiveness among the clergy concerning the nature of Deity. In an attempt to overcome this he gathered the eminent divines of the day to Nicaea in the year 325. Each participant was given opportunity to state his views. The argument only grew more heated. When a definition could not be reached, a compromise was made. It came to be known as the Nicene Creed, and its basic elements are recited by most of the Christian faithful.

Personally I cannot understand it. To me the creed is confusing.

Answer 5

The Nicene Creed, called sometimes "the Creed of the 318" from the number of bishops reputed to have been present, was authorized at the Council of Nice in 325 AD, and completed by the Council of Constantinople in 381, when the clauses which follow the mention of the Holy Ghost were added.

The opinions of Arius at the beginning of the 4th century created such unrest as to call forth not only the admonition of bishops but also the intervention of the emperor Constantine, who, as a professed Christian, had become the patron of the church. The efforts of the emperor, however, had no effect in allaying the dissensions of the church at Alexandria, which, upon the banishment of Arius, spread throughout eastern Christendom. It was decided, therefore, to convoke a general council of bishops in which the Catholic doctrine should be once and for all formally declared. This, the first ecumenical council, met at Nicea in Bithynia in 325 AD. There is no detailed record of the proceedings. "We do not know whether it lasted weeks or days" (Stanley, Lects on East Ch.). Arius; being only a presbyter, had no seat in the conclave, but was allowed to express his opinions. His chief opponent was Athanasius.

(2) "Filioque" Clause:
The controversy turned upon the nature of the Son and His relation to the Father. The word homooúsios ("of one substance with"), used in the course of the argument with a view of disputeing the extreme orthodox position, became the battleground between the parties. The Arians violently condemned. The Sabellians or Semi-Arians to evade its full force contended for the term homoioúsios ("of like substance"). But the majority finally adopted the former expression as the term best suited to discriminate their view of the relation of the Father and Son from the Arian view. The assent of the emperor was gained and the words "being of one substance with the Father" were incorporated into the creed. The clauses descriptive of the Holy Spirit were added or confirmed at a later council (382), and were designed to refute the Macedonian heresy which denied His equality with the Father and Son, and reduced the Holy Spirit to a level with the angels.

The phrase "proceedeth from the Father and the Son" is also of historical importance. The last three words are a later addition to the creed by western churches, formally adopted by the Council of Toledo in 589. But when the matter was referred in the 9th century to Leo III he pronounced against them as unauthorized. This interpolation, known as the Filioque, marks the difference still between the Latin and Greek churches. From the 9th century no change has been made in the Nicene Creed. It has remained, without the Filioque clause, the ecumenical symbol of the Eastern Church; and with the addition of that word it has taken its place among the three great creeds of the Western Church.

Answer 6

The Nicene Creed was made by St. Athanasius at the 1st Council of Nicea in 325 to conbat Arianism.

Look in an Encyclopedia, or read some of the Church Fathers. NewAdvent.org probably has something on it.

Answer 7

Nicene Creed from the fist council of Nicea
circa 325AD
Nicea, close to present-day Istanbul in Turkey
It was made to decree Jesus' part in the godhead, to settle a dispute between Arius and Anthanius (sp?) about whether Jesus was of like substance to god or the same substance of god.

Guess who won?

Answer 8

Why should it matter? It is a creed that is based on a lie. It equates the Son with the Father. That goes contrary to the Bible, because as Jesus said at John 14:28: "The Father is greater than I am."

Answer 9

The Council of Nicea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed

Answer 10

Wikipedia has a good article about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_creed