| 单词 | Nicene |
| 例句 | She argued that she was more connected to God reading her Rousseau than when she was at mass listening to Padre Ignacio intoning the Nicene Creed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And Harrison Ford couldn't stay with them because he couldn't bring himself to disregard the Nicene Christology. How to Get to Heaven With the Hutterites; Heritage! The Battle For Britain's Past – TV review 2013-03-08T07:00:30Z In the walled city of Iznik, or ancient Nicaea where Christianity's central Nicene Creed was adopted, authorities reverted a museum called Hagia Sophia to a mosque in 2011. Muslims pray to turn Turkey's greatest monument back into a mosque 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z They adopted the Nicene Creed, a statement of dogma that declared Jesus was “begotten, not made” and was “consubstantial” with God, expressly embracing his divinity. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Faculty members hired by Calvin University must sign a document saying their beliefs align with a set of historical Christian creeds and confessions, such as the Nicene Creed and the Heidelberg Catechism. Christian college votes to keep faculty who dissent on sins of sex 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z There they wrote the Nicene Creed, which defined the basic beliefs of the Church. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Group members affirm the Nicene Creed, a Christian statement of belief recited weekly in Catholic and many Protestant churches. Inside the People of Praise, the Tight-Knit Faith Community of Amy Coney Barrett 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z They have an intimation that the world is made up, in the words of the Nicene Creed, of both the “seen and unseen.” Opinion | Churchgoers, cut the ‘Chreasters’ some slack 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z The First Council of Constantinople, convened in 381, reestablished the Nicene Creed and addressed the topic of the Holy Spirit, suggesting that the problem of Arius’s sympathizers had not completely disappeared. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z By Gray’s account, they ignore polytheism and animism almost entirely, while insisting on reading verses of Genesis or lines of the Nicene Creed as if they were primitive scientific theories. Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z It’s an ecumenical group—the only requirements being Christian baptism and acceptance of the Nicene Creed—but roughly 90% of members are Catholic. Inside Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘Cult’ 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z In the year 455, a horde of Vandals from the Germanic north sacked Rome in a schismatic dispute with the empire’s Nicene Christians. A Brief History of Idol-Smashers, From Moses to de Blasio 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The Nicene Creed, formulated under Emperor Constantine in AD 325 and emended in AD 381, stated bluntly that Christ “was crucified under Pontius Pilate.” The Strange Afterlife of Pontius Pilate 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Evans says that the Nicene Creed, a creed that many Christians recite in churches, is where her theological boundaries begin. How Rachel Held Evans became the most polarizing woman in evangelicalism 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z To solve the problem, he enlisted the Christian clergy, who drafted the Nicene Creed in 325. The Trinity: The theology and history behind the Godhead 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z But Constantine sided with those who believed Jesus was both God and man, so a statement of belief, called the Nicene Creed, was composed to proclaim that. The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin That line, from the Nicene Creed, is a foundational statement of Christian belief. Gospel story of Jesus’ resurrection a source of deep rifts in Christian religion 2014-04-18T23:34:46Z Mr. Colbert exclaimed, using a particularly cumbersome word that is now recited in the Nicene Creed. Stephen Colbert and Cardinal Cardinal Timothy Dolan at Fordham University 2012-09-15T06:19:39Z The euro was the Nicene creed of European liberalism. The eurozone's people are like prisoners in Colditz 2012-06-19T19:30:01Z The Nicene Creed affirmed Christ as wholly divine and wholly human, but wasn’t ratified as the official position of the church until 385, with the Council of Constantinople. The Trinity: The theology and history behind the Godhead 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z To this day, congregants in Christian churches at Sunday services worldwide recite the Nicene Creed, which serves as affirmation of their belief in the Trinity. The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin The simple fluent creed of the early Christians took rigid form in the subtleties of the Nicene Creed, and as “Very God of Very God” the final appeal was, logically, to the words of Jesus. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Any one was declared a heretic who did not accept the Apostles’’, Athanasian, and Nicene creeds, the seven sacraments of the Church, and the existence of purgatory. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z It contains three creeds—the Apostles’, the Nicene, and that called of Athanasius. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z His metropolitan, Acacius of Caesarea, inclined to Arianism, while Cyril strongly espoused the Nicene creed and was, in consequence, deposed for a time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z When I ended he asked after a slight pause whether I knew why the Nicene Creed was so called. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z The Church of England adopts “as thoroughly to be received and believed,” the three ancient creeds, known as the Apostles’, the Athanasian, and the Nicene. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z The Nicene Council was convoked to terminate the question which Arius had raised as to the Godhead of our Lord. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z "In the beginning," says the inspired historian, "God made heaven and earth," that is, as the Nicene Creed explains it, the visible and invisible world. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z The “filioque” clause, which formed no part of the Nicene Creed, nor of its Constantinopolitan recension, had been formally adopted at the Third Council of Toledo in 589 and at subsequent Spanish councils. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z "You ought to see the tower on the site of the church where they discussed the Nicene Creed," said X. "The Nicene Creed—eh, what?" said the American, as he consulted his guide-book. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z With the accession of Theodosius to the imperial throne, the prospect of success to the Nicene doctrine had dawned, if only it could find some courageous and devoted champion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Thus the convocation of the Nicene Council is the definitive declaration by the Roman Empire through the mouth of its chief that it recognised a kingdom of Christ upon earth. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z This is a title as old as the third century, and the idea has found expression in the Nicene Creed. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z When Catholics recite the 4th-century Nicene Creed, for example, Jesus will be described as “begotten, not made, con-substantial with the Father,” instead of “begotten, not made, one in being with the Father.” English-Language Catholic Masses to Get New Translation 2011-11-09T12:35:13Z Smyrna, Beyrout, Damascus, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Luxor had to be got in during the allotted time, and there had been no provision made for the Nicene Creed. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z The only doubt was, whether the Epirot or the Nicene was to be its conqueror. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z This is the meaning of the Nicene Council in the great arbitrament between the Spiritual and the Civil Powers, or, in Catholic language, between the Priesthood and the Empire. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z Sirmund shows that the Nicene canons have been corrupted, altered, abridged, and forged to accommodate them to the designs of the church. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Cred′ulousness; Creed, a summary of articles of religious belief, esp. those called the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian: any system of belief. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z One, more perfect than the rest, is said to mark the site of the church in which the Nicene Creed was framed. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z When, indeed, we see this juxtaposition of Christianity and Paganism, we are forcibly reminded that Constantine was one and at the same time the summoner of the Nicene Council and the chief Pontiff of heathenism. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z All this and much more is comprehended in that act of the Emperor Constantino which sanctioned the convocation of the Nicene Council. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z In December, 1883, he was received by the pastor of the American Episcopal church at Rome into the Old Catholic church on subscribing the Nicene Creed. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Of the four marks of the church, set down in the Nicene creed, "one, holy, catholic, apostolic,"—the first mark is exclusive and indisputable. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z He subscribed the Nicene Creed, apparently with some reservations, as to the word consubstantial. Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z The equivalent of the Nicene Creed for secular humanists is the "Humanist Manifesto," published in 1933. Secular humanists on the real planet of the apes 2011-08-23T11:01:00Z The Nicene Council in its decisions has the same tone as the Apostolic Council at Jerusalem; it is no other than “it has seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us.” Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z So you know nothing about the Nicene Council, ladies? The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z We can hold by the Faith of the early Apostles as enunciated in the Apostles' and the Nicene Creeds, and plainly foreshadowed in 1 Cor. xv. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z Is Jesus the central figure in the Nicene, or the Athanasian creed? The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z We desire no firmer basis on which to rest our confidence in the Traditional Text of Scripture than the deliberate verdict of Antiquity,—the ascertained sanction of the collective Church, in the Nicene age. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z How many understand the origin and bearings of Calvinism or the Nicene Creed or the Pauline Epistles? A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z One of the most noticeable changes is in the Nicene Creed, the statement of faith that Catholics learn to recite as children. For New Mass, Closer to Latin, Critics Voice a Plain Objection 2011-04-12T03:30:37Z From the number and diversity of the questions brought before the Nicene Council for adjudication, we may safely conclude that the newly enthroned Church was not characterized by unity of purpose nor harmony of action. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z Therefore, in this abridgment are omitted the Nicene Creed and that of St. Athanasius. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z The second stage began with the outbreak of the controversy in 318, and continued until the Nicene Council. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The effect of that which is contained in this article is expressed in the words of the Nicene Creed, "for us." Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z In the age of the Nicene Council, A.D. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z This is the generally accepted version of the Nicene Creed as originally promulgated. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z It may be observed, in addition, that, in spite of the forcible teaching of St. Paul on the subject, the doctrine of Original Sin appears neither in the Apostles' nor the Nicene Creed. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z The triumph of the Athanasian Canon, indeed, went along with the triumph of Nicene Christianity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z On the question, How it has happened, since the origin of the Nicene Creed, that the Old Testament has been understood to ascribe the Creation, not to the Christ, but to the Father. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z But the vice president seemed weary as he recited this economic version of the Nicene Creed. If you believe in economic recovery, it will come 2010-04-21T04:00:00Z At length came the turn of Athanasius, now almost the sole upholder of the banner of the Nicene creed in the East. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Thus the position which Bull maintains seems to be nothing beyond this, that the Nicene Creed is a natural key for interpreting the body of Ante-nicene theology. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z But in all the four hundred and sixty years from the first to the second Nicene Council, the witness of Rome to the Divine Person of her Lord was clear and distinct. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII The Second General Council, which was held at Constantinople in 383, determined that the Nicene Creed should be the standard of orthodoxy. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z Of the forty-six years of his official life he spent twenty in banishment, and the greater part of the remainder in defending the Nicene Creed. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli As to the proper Nicene formula itself, excepting the one term “Consubstantial,” it has not a word which does not relate to the rudimental facts of Christianity. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Calvinism, again, in various distinct countries, has become Socinianism, and Calvin himself seems to have denied our Lord's Eternal Sonship and ridiculed the Nicene Creed. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Penalties are set on the refusal to celebrate Easter in accordance with the Nicene decree, as well as on leaving a church before the service of the Eucharist is completed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" For no ordinance of our fathers has deprived the Church of Africa of this authority, and the decrees of the Nicene Council have subjected the Bishops themselves to their respective Metropolitans. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries The eighth article declares a belief in the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian creeds. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Hence, too, what is more remarkable, the dogma is not called a mystery in the Creeds; not in the Apostles' nor the Nicene, nor even in the Athanasian. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent It was urged against him that the Nicene Council itself had introduced into the Creed extra-scriptural terms. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z He had considerable knowledge of theology, took a prominent part in the theological controversies of the time, and was responsible for the addition of the clause filioque to the Nicene Creed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" It is read: then at the instance of Cyril it is examined, 'whether this, too, be agreeable to the faith set forth by the holy Council of the Nicene Fathers, or not.' The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries The Apostle’s words fully justify—perhaps they suggested—the expressions in the Nicene and still earlier creeds, “God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God.” The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews He is, further, of opinion, that “if the Nicene Fathers had done so too, possibly the Church would never have repented it.” An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Whether we betake ourselves to the Ante-nicene writers or the Nicene, certain texts will meet us, which do not obviously refer to that doctrine, yet are put forward as palmary proofs of it. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Instead of this, but on it, the Nicene Creed was framed, and this creed is still the bond of union in all the Churches of the East. The Religious Life of London The Fathers, in order, give judgment that it disagreed from the Nicene Creed, and was, therefore, censurable. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries The Son is “the effulgence” of the Father’s glory, or, in the words of the Nicene Creed, He is “Light out of Light.” The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Or again, consider the very anathema annexed by the Nicene Council to its Creed, the language of which is so obscure, that even theologians differ about its meaning. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent The struggle, however, was by no means over, for the Nicene creed found many opponents among the eastern bishops who did not wish to exclude the Arians from the church. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. He preserved inviolate the doctrines set forth in the Nicene confession of faith, yet he held communion with those who had corrupted that faith. Women of Early Christianity But to recur to the point of jurisdiction at the time of the Nicene Council. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries Certainly it won its way to general acceptance in the East as the creed of the church of the imperial city; regarded as an improved recension of the Nicene Faith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The difference between calling it a Nicene Canon and calling it Sardican may seem little more than a question of a right name and a wrong. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 A council of the eastern church met at Constantinople in 381 and accepted the Nicene creed. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The great opportunity in the history of Christianity came in the century marked by the Nicene Council and in that succeeding it. Women of Early Christianity The history of the Church during the three hundred years following the Nicene Council is but a development of this constitution. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries The Nicene Creed is the baptismal creed of an eastern church enlarged in order to combine theological interpretation with the facts of the historic faith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Soon after the Nicene council, the Jews, in imitation of the Christians, abandoned the cycle of eighty-four years, and adopted that of Meton, by which their lunisolar year is regulated at the present day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" This last illustration subsequently became very popular, and was adopted into the Nicene Creed. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Two fiends standing by the side of “Old Thirty-nine” make preparations for a bonfire, to which sundry bundles labelled, “Articles of Faith,” “Athanasian Creed,” “Catechism,” “Liturgies,” “Nicene Creed,” and so on, will contribute materials. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. In answer to this question, the Fathers in order give their judgment,—'that the Nicene Creed, and the letter of Cyril in all things agree and harmonise.' The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries The Nicene Creed of the liturgies, often called the Constantinopolitan creed, is the old baptismal creed of Jerusalem revised by the insertion of Nicene terms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" At the council of Nicaea in 325 the deity of Christ received official sanction and was given formulation in the original Nicene Creed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The Nicene Council, therefore, settled the question by evading it, and the emperor enforced the decision by the banishment of Arius. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition In the Prayer Book of 1662, the Banns of Marriage were ordered to be published after the Nicene Creed. The Church Handy Dictionary Explain to me how that "world of understanding" affects the Nicene Creed? Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford Along similar lines Loofs selects phrases as typical of creeds which go back to a date preceding the Nicene Council. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Controversy continued for some time, but finally the Nicene decision was recognized both in East and West as the only orthodox faith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" It attempted a settlement of the trouble by a condemnation of Arius, and the promulgation of authoritative articles of belief as set forth in the Nicene Creed. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The rubric, after the Nicene Creed, directs that "The Curate shall then declare to the people what holy days, or fasting days are in the week following to be observed." The Church Handy Dictionary The council reaffirmed the Nicene faith and denounced all opposing doctrines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" In the Nicene Creed we say: "I believe in one Baptism for the remission of sins". The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments The answer is given in the Nicene formula, which is characteristically Greek. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The original Nicene Creed differed in some The Nicene Creed. essential particulars from that now current under that title. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The sermon in the Church of England is enjoined after the Nicene Creed, according to ancient custom; but nowhere else. The Church Handy Dictionary The council approved the first five ecumenical councils and reaffirmed the Nicene and “Niceno-Constantinopolitan” creeds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" Another class is called the Ante Nicene Fathers, or those who lived between the date of St. Polycarp, A.D. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia All the Christian writings antecedent to the Nicene Council have been put into the hands of competent translators. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Josè recited the Nicene creed, with the thought that its man-made fetters had bound the Christian world for dreary centuries. Carmen Ariza Equally with catholics and Nestorians its adherents accepted the Nicene definition. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology We also learn from Jerome that Judith was in the number of the books reckoned up by the Nicene Council. The Canon of the Bible Latin for the words "and the Son" which occur in our form of the Nicene Creed. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia Only those works which are now allowed on every hand to have been written after the Nicene Council, will be excluded. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 At present he's got to the thirteenth century; he may arrive at the Nicene age, but he'll never have a hold on his own. Audrey Craven The Three Creeds, Nicene Creed, Athanasius's Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy Yet from Constantine and the Nicene Council the advance of Rome's Primacy is perpetual. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I The Nicene is the Creed of worship; the Apostles' the Creed of Instruction and of the Daily Offices. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia With this order Alexander, a champion of the Nicene Creed, refused to comply. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture This is the view really taken in the Nicene Creed, though adopted in opposition to the Arians, and was the doctrine of the earliest Church Fathers before the Arian controversy began. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors There is not so much as a hint at papal authority found in the three old creeds known as the Apostles', the Nicene and the Athanasian, nor in any ancient gloss upon them. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880 Such was the constitution which stood without a break before St. Gregory from the Apostles to the Nicene Council. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I The Apostles' Creed, as the Baptismal Symbol; and the Nicene Creed, as the sufficient statement of the Christian faith. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia The real papacy was set up, not at the Nicene Council, A.D. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity But what says Prof. Stuart concerning the Nicene doctrine? Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors She accepted two of our three Creeds, excluding the Nicene. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford The Nicene episcopal hierarchy subsisted indeed in name. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I It is, therefore, the Creed of the Baptismal Office and is recited in the Daily Services, while the longer Creed, commonly called the Nicene, is reserved for the Eucharistic Office. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia Nearly all the Bishops who had upheld the Nicene faith were in exile or in prison. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy How is it, for example, with the Nicene doctrine concerning Christ? Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Then the Archbishop read the Nicene Creed; the King and the people standing as before. Coronation Anecdotes This Acacius did, humbly begging the Pope's pardon for such a transgression of the due order and hierarchy, and repeating the offence against the Nicene order and constitution on the first opportunity. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I Thus the Nicene Council simply reaffirmed the consentient voice and witness of the Church in general. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia The Nicene Creed was the confession of Faith of the Catholic Church, he said. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy When Constantine deposed the orthodox bishops who resisted, Auxentius was installed into the seat of Dionysius, bishop of Milan, and came to be regarded as the great opponent of the Nicene doctrine in the West. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" I find their names side by side in the Apostles' and the Nicene Creed. The Faith of Our Fathers But this course of things, which is seen in action from the Nicene to the Chalcedonic Council, comes out with yet stronger force from the moment when Rome loses all temporal independence. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I We do embrace the most holy doctrine of the prophets and apostles, as likewise of the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds. The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys But the Nicene Creed, which proved so fully the divinity of Christ, was just what the Arians would not accept. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy The words fall facilely from the lips of worshippers in every Christian church throughout the world, as they repeat the familiar creeds called those of the Apostles and the Nicene. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Next he recites the Nicene Creed, which for upwards of fifteen centuries has been resounding in the churches of Christendom. The Faith of Our Fathers As the Pope expressed it in his sentence, he had done "nefarious things against the whole Nicene constitution," of which the Pope was special guardian. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I For like reasons Article I of the Augsburg Confession declares its adherence to the Nicene Creed, and the first part of the Smalcald Articles, to the Apostles' and Athanasian Creeds. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church "I take my solemn oath that I believe what I hold in my hand," replied Arius, unfolding the Nicene Creed. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy In the Latin and English translations of the original Greek text of the Nicene Creed, the phrase which describes this phase of the descent has changed the prepositions and so changed the sense. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Why did the Nicene fathers inhibit the keeping of Easter upon the fourteenth day of the month,638 so much the rather because the Jews kept it on that day? The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) And, thirdly, did not St. Leo, who confirmed the Council of Chalcedon, annul in it whatever was done beyond the Nicene canons? The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I Already at the beginning of the fourth century the Apostles' Creed was universally called symbol, and in the Middle Ages this name was applied also to the Nicene and the Athanasian Creeds. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church To this day it is the profession of Faith of the whole Catholic world—the Nicene Creed. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy In these Mysteries, the remission of sin is by baptism, as in the acknowledgment in the Nicene Creed. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries On the left of this, over the First Nicene Council, is II. The Care of Books After reading the Nicene decrees, they discussed the question whether Arian priests who had become Catholics should be received in their dignity or only to lay communion. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I When last he was “outside” the writer heard the Nicene creed described as a “tough proposition”; the Vice-President of the United States as a “cold-blooded proposition,” and missionaries in Alaska generally as “queer propositions.” The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America Jovian espoused the orthodox sentiments, and therefore all the West, with no small part of the East, rejecting Arian views, reverted to the doctrines of the Nicene Council. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Then follow: The Nicene Creed of the three hundred and eighteen holy Fathers. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The Nicene Creed, as drawn up in the original Greek, contains only these words, “proceeding from the Father.” The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? The use of the theistic argument for some time after the Nicene period is fairly homogeneous, and presents no important new considerations. The Basis of Early Christian Theism All required assent only to the several ecumenical confessions, the so-called Apostles' and the Nicene Creeds. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) The Arians would have done much more harm to the Church if they had not become divided among themselves, after the Nicene Council, and split into sects which could not endure each other. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 For the privileges of the churches, determined by the canons of the holy Fathers, and fixed by the decrees of the Nicene synod, cannot be overthrown by an unscrupulous act, nor disturbed by an innovation. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It represents the passion of Jesus as understood by the Nicene theologians. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The astronomical dispute about a lunar cycle for the prediction of Easter either commenced, or became prominent, by the extinction of greater ones, soon after the time of the Nicene Council. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I While we Europeans are reciting the Nicene Creed in our churches, they are suffering for it. Byeways in Palestine The Nicene Council was a council of the Eastern Church, and Eastern seemingly were at least three hundred and ten of the three hundred and eighteen bishops. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 The council issued no creed and made no additions to the Nicene creed. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It was at this Nicene Council that the great St. Athanasius, then only a deacon, first distinguished himself by his opposition to the heresies of Arius. A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient) One conclusion which I arrived at was, that the Nicene Fathers had a knack of sticking to the question which many later councils could not acquire. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I And what made this still more natural was the circumstance that the Nicene Council did re-enact a considerable number of those which it found existing. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity The Greeks indeed, who approved of the Nicene Council, oppressed and also punished them wherever they were able; but the Arians returned the like treatment, especially in Africa and Italy. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 A new generation of theologians took the lead, with an interpretation of the Nicene formula which made it acceptable to those who had previously regarded it as Sabellian. A Source Book for Ancient Church History When the eye of the parish is upon me, I read out the Nicene Creed in the deepest voice at my disposal. The Brentons This Creed should be compared in parallel lines with the Nicene Creed, in order to see what phrases are here which are omitted there. The Prayer Book Explained Nor is the Nicene the only Council which recognizes the existence of certain Canons, or rules, by which the Church was at that time bound. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity This council also promulgated the Nicene Creed in its early form. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 They are the precursors of what is now known as the Nicene creed, incorrectly attributed to the Council of Constantinople A. D. 381. A Source Book for Ancient Church History One might construe the Nicene Creed into a round dozen different 'ologies. The Brentons The Nicene Creed was prepared at a time when His Perfect Manhood was universally believed, but some thought that He was not God. The Prayer Book Explained We need not be surprised that in the Nicene age so great a revolution and transition should have been clothed with a supernatural character. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy A curious tradition related that this band, including eleven other names from the remote East, were the only members of the Nicene Council who had not sustained some bodily mutilation or injury. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Only the necessity of establishing his authority in the West against usurpers engaged his attention until 356, when a series of councils began, designed to put an end to the Nicene faith. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The Arabic canons are falsely ascribed to the Nicene council, being collected out of other ancient synods. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March In connection with this Creed we should read the Nicene Creed, the first Four Commandments, Articles I. to V., XI. and XV., The Prayer Book Explained Tertullian and other ante-Nicene and Nicene fathers attributed many conversions to nocturnal dreams and visions. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Of all the Nicene fathers, it may yet be said that in a certain curious sense he is the only one who has survived the decay of time. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Inasmuch as the anti-Nicene opposition party was a coalition of all parties opposed to the wording of the Nicene creed, as soon as that creed was abolished the bond that held them together was broken. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The council then proceeded to condemn the Macedonian heresy, and to publish the Nicene creed, with certain additions. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The two Creeds, known to us as The Apostles' Creed and The Nicene Creed, are evidently free from the charge of offence or lack of worship. The Prayer Book Explained For he, too, was by profession an Arian, though of a tolerant type, and though he sometimes seemed on the point of crossing the abyss and declaring himself a convert to the Nicene faith. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation The majority approves the Nicene faith; the deposition of Arian bishops voted, and the restoration of Athanasius and Marcellus to episcopal honors. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 On the other hand, those who were opposed to Arianism sought to draw nearer the Nicene party. A Source Book for Ancient Church History In this liturgy, and in the third council of Toledo, in conformity to the eastern churches, the Nicene creed was appointed to be read at mass, to express a detestation of the Arian heresy. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March We cannot certainly say that the Apostles' Creed as it now stands is older than the Nicene Creed. The Prayer Book Explained Now, his descendant and namesake was an equally firm adherent of Christianity, a friend and counsellor of Popes, a man who was willing to encounter obloquy and even death in behalf of Nicene orthodoxy. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation I had contrasted the two aspects of the Trinitarian doctrine, which are respectively presented by the Athanasian Creed and the Nicene. Apologia pro Vita Sua The Eastern ecclesiastics, strongly Arian, found themselves outnumbered by the Western bishops who supported Athanasius and the Nicene definition of faith. A Source Book for Ancient Church History They may have first become an "apostolic confession of faith" through the Nicene Creed. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) The Athanasian Creed has a different form from the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds. The Prayer Book Explained The second Nicene Council had declared that "the designing of the holy images was not to be left to the invention of artists, but to the approved legislation and tradition of the Catholic Church." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 The Presbyterian Church of England has set the Nicene Creed on the fore-front of its new Confession. The War and Unity Being Lectures Delivered At The Local Lectures Summer Meeting Of The University Of Cambridge, 1918 In the East numerous attempts were made to formulate a confession of faith which might take the place of the Nicene creed and prove acceptable to all parties. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The Nicene Creed came into existence very much, indeed, as does the platform of a political party at the present time. Our Unitarian Gospel The Nicene Creed partly, and the Athanasian Creed altogether, are not, in their origin, utterances of peaceful meditation, but, rather, of polemical controversy. The Prayer Book Explained After much careful work, the following was the form adopted:— The Nicene Creed. The Arian Controversy But this is exactly what the Nicene Creed does not do. Westminster Sermons with a Preface To enforce still further the principles of Nicene orthodoxy certain bishops were named as teachers of the true faith, communion with whom was a test of orthodoxy. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The Apostles' and Nicene Creeds are also universally received by our churches. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann They discussed questions of theology and drew up the Nicene Creed, the Catholic confession of faith. History Of Ancient Civilization It will be seen that the genuine Nicene Creed here given differs in almost every clause from the so-called Nicene Creed of our Communion Service. The Arian Controversy That three persons, that is, three intelligent agents in the same individual, identical substance, is a self-evident contradiction, and that the Nicene fathers, by the term Homoousion, did not mean one individual, identical substance. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century As to heresy, the action of the emperors and especially Constantius in his constant endeavor to set aside the Nicene faith involved harsh measures against all who differed from the approved theology of the court. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Resolutions first and second declare the "doctrinal Platform" to consist of the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the American Recension of the Augsburg Confession, together with the General Synod's Formula of Government and Discipline. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Almost every Bishop declared that the doctrine of Arius was contrary to what the Church had held from the first, and the confession of faith was drawn up which we call the Nicene Creed. Young Folks' History of Rome Leaving, however, the spurious Nicene Creed till we come to it, let us see how the genuine Nicene Creed dealt with Arianism. The Arian Controversy I hold his service in D minor to be the finest which had as yet been set to the Reformed Liturgy—the Nicene Creed in particular is of marvellous beauty. Old St. Paul's Cathedral Opposed to them was Paulinus with his party, which held firmly to the Nicene confession. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Such confessions, also called symbols, were the so-called Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, &c., of the first four centuries after Christ. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann It is an attempt within the same area as that of the Nicene Council and the creeds, namely, the metaphysical area. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Even the heretics are not cursed, for anathema in the Nicene age was no more than the penalty which to a layman was equivalent to the deposition of a cleric. The Arian Controversy Lloyd, in The Higher Buddhism in the Light of the Nicene creed. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji The difficulty in the way of a full recognition of the Nicene statement by Meletius and his followers was that it savored of Sabellianism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History When the church had been cleared of all except the faithful, the second part of our mass, or the mass of the faithful, began with the Nicene symbol or creed. The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome The Nicene Christology is not to be understood from this approach. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Imperial favour could do a good deal in the Nicene age, but no emperor could long oppose any clear and definite belief of Christendom. The Arian Controversy The Athanasian or Nicene Christ, who is the Catholic Christ, is not the cosmological, nor even, strictly, the ethical Christ; he is the eternalizing, the deifying, the religious Christ. Tragic Sense Of Life In other words, the emperors, following the example of Constantius and Valens in enforcing Arianism, are now enforcing the Nicene theology. A Source Book for Ancient Church History All parties appealed to the Nicene Council; though there seems to have been, to say the least, much misunderstanding and unnecessary violence and party spirit on all sides. Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary One gets an impression, for example, that the Nicene dogma became what it did by the might of the idea, that it could not by any possibility have had any other issue. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant The answer is, that though the belief of the churches was certainly not Arian, neither was it yet definitely Nicene. The Arian Controversy Christian magistrates called the four general councils: Constantine the first Nicene council; Theodosius, senior, the first council of Constantinople; Theodosius, junior, the first Ephesian council; Marcian Emperor, the Chalcedon council; and, 4. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London As soon as it was apparent that the bishops would have to accept the Nicene faith the thirty-six Macedonians withdrew. A Source Book for Ancient Church History This went on in due course till the end of the Nicene Creed, when without sermon, prayers, or blessing, the morning service came to an abrupt termination. The Parish Clerk This council has given its name to the "Nicene Creed," although that creed, as now recited, differs somewhat from the creed issued at Nice, and received its present form at the Council of Constantinople, A.D. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History And the Nicene age was a time of unsettlement and change, of half-beliefs and wavering superstition, of weakness and unclean frivolity. The Arian Controversy The mass proceeded after the royal party had all taken their places, and the coronation service was incorporated into the rite, following the Nicene Creed and preceding the canon. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune The Council of Antioch in 341 was gathered ostensibly to dedicate the great church of that city, in reality to act against the Nicene party. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Note that the Nicene Creed says merely "the dead" and not "the body." Mystic Christianity The so-called canons of criticism are of about as much service to a student of literature as the Nicene Creed and the Lord's Prayer are to the student of church history. Emerson and Other Essays Egypt soon became a stronghold of the Nicene faith, for Athanasius could sway the heart of Greek and Copt alike. The Arian Controversy The selections are from the 'Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers,' by permission of the Christian Literature Company. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 This creed is an approximation to the Nicene creed but without the use of the word of especial importance, homoousios. A Source Book for Ancient Church History But the Nicene creed gives at least a strong hint of the mystic teachings. Mystic Christianity Council was called by Constantius II. in the semi-Arian interest, and not allowed to break up till after repudiating the Nicene formula. Early Britain—Roman Britain Nothing but outside persecution was needed now to make Nicene orthodoxy the national faith of Egypt. The Arian Controversy It denied several of the statements of the Nicene Creed, those monoliths upon which the new Europe was to be founded. Ravenna, a Study The Eastern theologians, who hesitated to accept the Nicene term, were eventually induced to accept, understanding by the term homoousios the same as homoiousios. A Source Book for Ancient Church History There are three creeds recognized by the Christian Church—the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. Mystic Christianity Was it not enough to hold fast whatever lay in the apostles', the Nicene, and the Athanasian creed, without splitting metaphysical hairs with your neighbor? Paul Faber, Surgeon Ten of the Nicene leaders were exiled in the next year or two. The Arian Controversy It believes the Nicene Creed, but it does not believe the Sermon on the Mount. The Church and Modern Life The creed of Nicæa is to be carefully distinguished from what is commonly called the Nicene creed. A Source Book for Ancient Church History And see how well the framers of the Nicene Creed grasped the traditions of the Early Church, when it said: "And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life." Mystic Christianity I accept the Nicene Creed: that is not enough. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed In this Sabellianizing sense Marcellus accepted the Nicene faith, holding that the Word is one with God as reason is one with man. The Arian Controversy Basil, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and styled "The Great," was the founder of Eastern monasticism, defender of the Nicene doctrines and doctor of the Church. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin For the second division of the history of ancient Christianity, the principal sources available in English are the translations in A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church. A Source Book for Ancient Church History In the Nicene Creed, which dates from A.D. Mystic Christianity Of these two Arian tenets, the Nicene Creed condemned the former only; namely, in the words, "begotten, not made; being of one substance with the Father." Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed Nor were they bishops, that the Nicene creed should be forced upon them. The Arian Controversy In the West, Pope Adrian the First accepted and announced the decrees of the Nicene assembly, which is now revered by the Catholics as the seventh in rank of the general councils. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 The Earth had submitted to the Nicene synod: the Romans, the Barbarians, and the inhabitants of Spain, unanimously professed the same orthodox creed; and the Visigoths resisted, almost alone, the consent of the Christian world. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 The Nicene Creed was drawn up and adopted by the Council of Nice in the year A.D. Mystic Christianity He said, that the Arian and the Athanasian difference was not very vital; and that the Scriptural truth lay beyond the Nicene doctrine, which fell short on the same side as Arianism had done. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed The quarrel was ostensibly one of orthodox bishops, for Eusebius had signed the Nicene creed as well as Athanasius. The Arian Controversy Of this second Nicene council the acts are still extant; a curious monument of superstition and ignorance, of falsehood and folly. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 The same Gregory, the spiritual conqueror of Britain, encouraged the pious Theodelinda, queen of the Lombards, to propagate the Nicene faith among the victorious savages, whose recent Christianity was polluted by the Arian heresy. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 The form of the above fundamental principle of Christian belief is taken from the Nicene Creed, which is somewhat fuller than the similar declaration in the Apostles' Creed. Mystic Christianity I had recently gained the acquaintance of the late excellent Dr. Olinthus Gregory, a man of unimpeached orthodoxy; who met me by the frank avowal, that the Nicene Creed was "a great mistake." Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed In any case, he began with a thorough dislike of the Nicene council, continued for a long time to hold conservative language, and ended after some vacillation by adopting the vague Homoœn compromise of 359. The Arian Controversy It was after the Nicene synod, and under the reign of the pious Irene, that the popes consummated the separation of Rome and Italy, by the translation of the empire to the less orthodox Charlemagne. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 The patrician Aspar might have placed the diadem on his own head, if he would have subscribed the Nicene creed. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 The Nicene Creed here gives a surprisingly clear statement of the Mystic teachings. Mystic Christianity Alternate responses, and a more regular psalmody, were introduced into the public service by Flavianus and Diodorus, two devout and active laymen, who were attached to the Nicene faith. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 The anathemas also are the Nicene with insertions which might have been made for the very purpose of letting the Arians escape. The Arian Controversy Take away the Nicene Creed and similar things, and you do some strange wrong to the sellers of sausages. Heretics Her tender complaints, and the weighty arguments of Leander, archbishop of Seville, accomplished his conversion and the heir of the Gothic monarchy was initiated in the Nicene faith by the solemn rites of confirmation. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 In the East, abbots, if in priests' orders, with the consent of the bishop, were, as we have seen, permitted by the second Nicene council, A.D. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 His firm attachment to the Nicene creed, which has given Paul a place in the calendar among saints and martyrs, exposed him to the resentment of the Arians. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 However, the conservatives were well satisfied with the Lucianic creed, and frequently refer to it with a veneration akin to that of Athanasius for the Nicene. The Arian Controversy The Rector read them—turning to the congregation—and with just a word of preface—'Here follows the Creed, commonly called the Apostles' Creed,'—or 'Here follows the Nicene Creed.' The Case of Richard Meynell But I shall observe this, that although the Nicene Fathers in that case, at that time, and in that conjuncture of circumstances, did well, &c. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Greeks complained that a phrase teaching the procession of the Spirit from the Son had been added in the West to the Nicene Creed. Outline of Universal History The Nicene Creed says, that the Holy Spirit of God is the Lord and Giver of life; and so He is. Sermons on National Subjects While in substance it is less opposed to Arianism than the Lucianic, its wording follows the Nicene, even to the adoption of the anathemas in a weakened form. The Arian Controversy The bishops were not to obtain their confirmation at Rome, but, as already decreed by the Nicene Council, from a couple of neighbouring bishops or an archbishop. Life of Luther The Council accepted the arguments of Athanasius, condemned Arius as a heretic, and framed the Nicene Creed, which is still the accepted summary of Christian doctrine. Early European History A second General Council, held at Constantinople in 381, revised the Nicene Creed and adopted additional canons. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization With such doubts how can the Apostles' Creed be preferred to the Nicene by a consistent member of the Reformed Catholic Church? Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. There could no longer be any doubt that the Nicene faith was the real object of attack. The Arian Controversy The Nicene and Apostles' creeds bind together all orthodox Christians, whether of the Roman or Greek or Protestant churches. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10 European Leaders While eastern Christendom was torn by theological controversies, the Church of Rome stood firmly by the Nicene Creed. Early European History Theodosius, as soon as he had finished his campaign against the Goths, summoned the Arian archbishop of Constantinople, and demanded his subscription to the Nicene Creed or his resignation. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity If it be the same as the Nicene, why not be content with the Nicene? Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. Though doctrinal questions lay more in the background in the case of Athanasius, one party in the council was for issuing a new creed in explanation of the Nicene. The Arian Controversy Far the most important of these was that relating to the addition of the Filioque clause to the Nicene Creed. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) Next the Nicene Creed, as originally published, did undoubtedly make the Holy Ghost proceed from the Father alone. The Prince of India — Volume 01 Six weeks afterwards Theodosius expelled from all the churches of his dominions, both of bishops and of presbyters, those who would not subscribe to the Nicene Creed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity The Roman Catholic, the Lutheran, the Calvinist, the Arminian, the Greek, with all their sub-divisions, do yet all accord in these articles:—the booksellers might have said, all who repeat the Nicene Creed. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. If the Nicene exiles were restored, the Eusebian disturbers were not deposed. The Arian Controversy Moreover, they had been nominally converted to Christianity, and were bitter zealots of the Arian faith, and most relentlessly persecuted the Catholic Christians who adhered to the Nicene Creed. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Arianism was denounced, and a formula of Christian faith adopted, which is known as the Nicene Creed. General History for Colleges and High Schools He did battle with all who attempted to subvert the Nicene Creed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity Fables of Gallic or Egyptian origin are invoked to corroborate the canons of Nicene and Chalcedonian synods. Medieval Europe Thus while Nicene animosity was not satisfied, the standing grounds of conservative distrust were not removed. The Arian Controversy After the Nicene Creed the Bishop preached the Sermon as follows: Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. The Assembly's Annotations, 1657, infers that 'one' means 'once,' and refers to the Nicene creed, which says, 'one baptism for the remission of sins'; this surely cannot mean that the application of water remits sins. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 Nothing could exceed the acrimony of the Nicene Fathers in their opposition to those who could not accept their deductions. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity It is customary to turn eastwards for the Creed, and in some churches, though not in others, to kneel at the reference to the Incarnation in the course of the Nicene Creed. Religious Reality Its conservative allies it despised for their wavering and insincerity; to its Nicene opponents it repaid hatred for hatred, and flung back with retorted scorn their denial of its right to bear the Christian name. The Arian Controversy Accordingly, on the 11th of October, 1786, in a convention held at Wilmington, Delaware, the omitted clause was restored in the Apostles' Creed, and the Nicene Creed was reinstated in its proper place. Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. If a man believes in the Nicene Creed, that is, in the Church, that is, in those who call themselves its representatives, the Sermon on the Mount becomes superfluous for him. The Kingdom of God Is Within You After Theodosius had thus established the Nicene faith, so far as imperial authority, in conjunction with that of the great prelates, could do so, he closed the final contest with Paganism itself. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity If you obstinately adhere to the faith of the Nicene fathers, you shall not be burned in Smithfield; you shall not be sent to Dorchester gaol; you shall not even pay double land-tax. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Jerusalem had been a resort of pilgrims since the days of Origen, and Helena's visit shortly after the Nicene council had fully restored it to the dignity of a holy place. The Arian Controversy By faith we said of that stuffed scarecrow of divinity, that incoherent accumulation of antique theological notions, the Nicene deity, "This is certainly no God." God the Invisible King The churches are placed in a dilemma: the Sermon on the Mount or the Nicene Creed—the one excludes the other. The Kingdom of God Is Within You And the result of the deliberations of that famous council led by Athanasius,--although both Hosius and Eusebius of Caesarea had more prelatic authority and dignity than he,--was the Nicene Creed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity Constantius is bound to establish the Arian worship throughout the empire, and to displace the bravest captains of his legions, and the ablest ministers of his treasury, if they hold the Nicene faith. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The Nicene was quite as strong in the city as Arianism had ever been at Alexandria. The Arian Controversy The Semiarians, however, had no objection to the Nicene creed beyond the obscurity of the word of one essence. The Arian Controversy If a man sincerely believes in the Sermon on the Mount, the Nicene Creed must inevitably lose all meaning and significance for him, and the Church and its representatives together with it. The Kingdom of God Is Within You It is not my province to criticise the Nicene Creed, which is virtually the old Apostles' Creed, with the addition of the Trinity, as defined by Athanasius. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity The Nicene faith is not more true in the mouth of the Archbishop of Canterbury, than in that of a Moderator of the General Assembly. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 This policy was successful in keeping out of the Eustathian communion not only the indifferent multitude, but also many whose sympathies were clearly Nicene, like the future bishops Meletius and Flavian. The Arian Controversy Eusebian conservatism was fairly worn out, but the Nicene doctrine had not yet replaced it. The Arian Controversy Thus their appointments were often made from the quieter men of Nicene leanings. The Arian Controversy To the delight of the congregation, his doctrine proved decidedly Nicene. The Arian Controversy The idea of conciliating Nicene support was not entirely given up. The Arian Controversy As soon, however, as Constantius was master of Gaul, he set himself to force on the Westerns an indirect condemnation of the Nicene faith in the person of Athanasius. The Arian Controversy In both ways he powerfully helped the Nicene cause. The Arian Controversy The first was the reception of Arians who came over to the Nicene side. The Arian Controversy It was agreed that all comers were to be gladly received on the single condition of accepting the Nicene faith. The Arian Controversy It had been used in the Nicene anathemas as equivalent to ousia or essence; and so Athanasius used it still, to denote the common deity of all the persons of the Trinity. The Arian Controversy From the sunny land of Aquitaine, the firmest conquest of Roman civilization in Atlantic Europe, came Hilary of Poitiers, the noblest representative of Western literature in the Nicene age. The Arian Controversy Henceforth the rising Nicene party of Pontus and Asia was divided from the older Nicenes of Egypt and Rome by this unfortunate personal question. The Arian Controversy First one bishop, then another accepted the Nicene faith. The Arian Controversy Even the creeds of the churches were remodelled in a Nicene interest, as at Jerusalem and Antioch, in Cappadocia and Mesopotamia. The Arian Controversy Had they ceased to care for the Nicene alliance, or did they fancy the world had stood still since the Council of the Dedication? The Arian Controversy But when once he had studied the Nicene doctrine and found its agreement with his own conclusions from Scripture, a clear sense of duty forbade him to shrink from manfully defending it. The Arian Controversy The faith he professed was the Nicene, but Constantine himself was less tolerant than Jovian. The Arian Controversy But the most important document of Jovian's reign is the acceptance of the Nicene creed by Acacius of Cæsarea, with Meletius of Antioch and more than twenty others of his friends. The Arian Controversy If he refused to displace the few Arians whom he found in possession of Western sees like Auxentius at Milan, he left the churches free to choose Nicene successors. The Arian Controversy But the Nicene party was the home of the ascetics. The Arian Controversy Such was the man whom the brutal policy of Constantius forced to take his place at the head of the Nicene opposition. The Arian Controversy In an age of indecision and frivolity like the Nicene, the most earnest striving after Christian purity will often degenerate into its ascetic caricature. The Arian Controversy Lucifer had compromised them in one direction, Apollinarius in another, and even Marcellus had never been frankly disavowed; yet the Nicene cause advanced. The Arian Controversy If any one saw the error of his Arian ways, it was enough for him to confess the Nicene creed. The Arian Controversy A Nicene policy might answer in the West, but it was not likely to find much support in the East outside Egypt. The Arian Controversy This time Greeks and Copts were united in defence of the Nicene faith, so that the contest was at an end when the Empire gave up Arianism. The Arian Controversy New Nicene party in Cappadocia The Homœan party was the last hope of Arianism within the Empire. The Arian Controversy Its weakness is shown by the rise of a new Nicene party in the most Arian province of the Empire. The Arian Controversy Such seems to have been the plan laid down by the man who was now succeeding Athanasius as leader of the Nicene party. The Arian Controversy Indeed it was from the Semiarian side that he approached the Nicene faith. The Arian Controversy Henceforth the conservatives were obliged in self-defence to look for a Nicene alliance against the Anomœans. The Arian Controversy The election was a critical one, for every one knew that a bishop like Basil would be a pillar of the Nicene cause. The Arian Controversy The Nicene faith in Cappadocia was not the least of the abuses he was putting down. The Arian Controversy We left him professing the Nicene faith before the council of Tyana. The Arian Controversy The suspicious zeal of Theodotus was quieted in course of time, but Eustathius never forgave the urgency which wrung from him his signature to a Nicene confession. The Arian Controversy The last of these condemns the Nicene of one essence—clearly as Sabellian, though no reason is given. The Arian Controversy In doctrine Apollinarius was a staunch Nicene, and one of the chief allies of Athanasius in Syria. The Arian Controversy But he was a Nicene of an unusual type, for the side of Arianism which specially attracted his attention was its denial of the Lord's true manhood. The Arian Controversy Eustathius of Antioch had long ago pointed out the error, and the Nicene council shut it out by adding was made man to the was made flesh of the Cæsarean creed. The Arian Controversy If the Nicene cause did not seem to gain much ground in Pontus, it was at least not losing. The Arian Controversy Only the Nicene phrase guards against evasion, and the other does not. The Arian Controversy The deliverance came suddenly, and the Nicene faith won its victory in the confusion of the greatest disaster which had ever yet befallen Rome. The Arian Controversy Milan under Ambrose was aggressively Nicene, and the Arian tyrants were very weak at Alexandria. The Arian Controversy Gregory of Nazianzus was the son of Bishop Gregory, born about the time of the Nicene council. The Arian Controversy Theodosius made his formal entry into Constantinople, November 24, 380, and at once required the bishop either to accept the Nicene faith or to leave the city. The Arian Controversy The Nicene creed was next confirmed, and a statement added in defence of the word essence. The Arian Controversy The Egyptians, on the other hand, were glad to join any attack on a nominee of Meletius, and found an obsolete Nicene canon to invalidate his translation from Sasima to Constantinople. The Arian Controversy The Athanasian party had been contending all along, not vaguely for the Nicene doctrine, but for the Nicene creed, the whole Nicene creed, and nothing but the Nicene creed. The Arian Controversy Everything seems to show that it is not a revision of the Nicene creed at all, but of the local creed of Jerusalem, executed by Bishop Cyril on his return from exile in 362. The Arian Controversy Thus the old Jerusalem creed says that the Lord 'sat down at the right hand of the Father;' our 'Nicene,' that he 'sitteth.' The Arian Controversy The Homœans began by proposing to abolish the Nicene creed in favour of one to be drawn up in scriptural language. The Arian Controversy At first sight the reaction which followed the Nicene council is one of the strangest scenes in history. The Arian Controversy Thus Eastern conservatism inherited a doctrine from the last generation, and was inclined to look on the Nicene decisions as questionable innovations. The Arian Controversy Intriguers of this kind found it better to unsettle the Nicene decisions, on behalf of conservatism forsooth, than to maintain them in the name of truth. The Arian Controversy |
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