Nicene Creed Research Paper
In 325, the great emperor of Rome Constantine called for a worldwide council. This meeting was to be held in Nicaea, Nicaea is a small town right across the water from Constantinople. This meeting is mostly known for its creation of the Nicene Creed. The famous Nicene Creed is made up of two doctrines of Christianity, which are: The doctrine of the Trinity and The doctrine of Incarnation. The doctrine of the Trinity defines God as three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These doctrines are what make up the first three paragraphs of the Nicene Creed. The first paragraph is all about the Father, the second paragraph is about the Son, and finally the third paragraph is about the Holy Spirit. In the first paragraph they relate
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to the Father by saying, “We believe in one God the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,” this part of the Creed is saying that God is the Father that created heaven and earth. In the second paragraph it says, “We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God.” This part of the Creed is telling us how God also exists as the Son. And Finally the third paragraph says, “By the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.” This is telling us that the Holy Spirit is a person, but he is also fully God.
The second doctrine of Christianity in the Nicene Creed is the Doctrine of Incarnation. This doctrine states that God took the human form in the body of Christ. For example in the Nicene Creed it says, “By the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man,” for this to be true god had to be in-carnated in human flash to impregnate Mary. The Nicene Creed was adopted in the face of the Arian controversy. A presbyter named Arian declares that although Jesus Christ was divine, God created him like everyone else and that there was time before Jesus walked the earth. When Arius said this it made Jesus less then God, and it contradicted the Doctrine of Trinity. Constantine was definitely the most influential person while writing the Nicene Creed because if he didn’t not call the worldwide meeting there might not of been a Nicene Creed. Also another person that influenced the writing of the Creed was Arius. If Arius didn’t preach something that went against the Doctrine of Trinity there wouldn’t of been a reason to write the Nicene
Creed.
to the Father by saying, “We believe in one God the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,” this part of the Creed is saying that God is the Father that created heaven and earth. In the second paragraph it says, “We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God.” This part of the Creed is telling us how God also exists as the Son. And Finally the third paragraph says, “By the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.” This is telling us that the Holy Spirit is a person, but he is also fully God.
The second doctrine of Christianity in the Nicene Creed is the Doctrine of Incarnation. This doctrine states that God took the human form in the body of Christ. For example in the Nicene Creed it says, “By the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man,” for this to be true god had to be in-carnated in human flash to impregnate Mary. The Nicene Creed was adopted in the face of the Arian controversy. A presbyter named Arian declares that although Jesus Christ was divine, God created him like everyone else and that there was time before Jesus walked the earth. When Arius said this it made Jesus less then God, and it contradicted the Doctrine of Trinity. Constantine was definitely the most influential person while writing the Nicene Creed because if he didn’t not call the worldwide meeting there might not of been a Nicene Creed. Also another person that influenced the writing of the Creed was Arius. If Arius didn’t preach something that went against the Doctrine of Trinity there wouldn’t of been a reason to write the Nicene
Creed.