apostles creed vs. nicene creed?

The Apostles’ Creed summarizes the beliefs of the apostles. It includes the principal items of belief: God is the Father and creation of the universe is largely attributed to him. Jesus is the Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered, died, rose from the dead and will come to judge the living and the dead. The creed affirms belief in the Holy Spirit, the Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.

Clement of Rome wrote to Corinth in 90 c.e. because a group of elders had been deposed and he urged their return. Already we find the Bishop of Rome telling others what to do. This letter also tells about Peter’s stay in Rome.

Christianity became a legal religion in the Roman Empire in 314. This security ushered in a new age in which the church established its identity. Disputes such as the Arian heresy threatened the unity of the church. The Emperor Constantine called together a council at Nicea to iron things out. About 250 bishops gathered for the Council and came to some foundational conclusions: the unity and trinity of God, the incarnation, death and resurrection of Jesus. It did not solve all differences.

In the next 125 years many other church fathers—Athanasius, Basil, Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome and others—devoted their lives to searching the Scriptures and working out our beliefs.

There were four more councils—two at Constantinople, and one each at Ephesus and Calcedon—before the basics were finally accepted in 451 adn what we refer to as the Deposit of Faith was established.

Nicene Creed Apostles Creed

The Apostle's Creed. In pious lore, one or two verses from each Apostle on Pentecost Sunday. Placed by scholars as origination sometime in the fifth century, perhaps Rome. Used for children's liturgies and as part of the Baptism ritual. The creed does not specifically reject any heretical belief, but is clearly anti-pagan.

The Nicene Creed, adopted by the Nicene Council, 325, completely rejected Arianism, by stating that God, the Son, was of the same substance as God, the Father. Jesus Christ is God. The Holy Spirit is recognized as God, but his nature is not elaborated on. Arius held that God the Son was a creature of God the Father. The Nicene council was called by the Eastern Bishops, Rome sent representatives. The Bishop of Rome, the Pope, was too elderly and too sick to travel to Nicea. The Nicene creed is recited at almost all Masses on Sundays and weekdays.

The Nicene Creeds were written from 321 AD to 381 AD. They elevated Jesus to being the same form and substance as God, then to being God, then last one elevated the Holy Spirit to being a person.

Apostles Creed was written before Nicene and is essentially correct. It did not teach Jesus was God nor that the Holy Spirit was a person.

Apostles Creed only religions are unitarian.

Nicene Creed religions are binitarian.

Athanasian Creed religions (written 5th and 6th centuries......much after Nicene set of creeds) are "trinitarian". The Athanasian Creed followed up on deifying the holy spirit (making it not only a person but the 3rd God of the trinity).

You can google each online to read copies.

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apostles creed vs. nicene creed?

when were each written?

when is each prayer recited in the catholic church?

who were the enimeies of the apostles creed and nicene and why?

The Apostles' Creed is the easiest to comprehend. The Nicene Creed starts to introduce the concepts of the Trinity.

"Many hypotheses exist concerning the date and nature of the origin of the Apostles' Creed." "Because of its early origin, it does not address some Christological issues defined in the later Nicene and other Christian Creeds." Some place it as early as the Apostles of Jesus while others date it as late as the fifth century.

"Nicene Creed can refer to the original version adopted at the First Council of Nicaea (325), to the revised version adopted by the First Council of Constantinople (381), to the later Latin version that includes the phrase "Deum de Deo" and "Filioque", and to the Armenian version."

Use: Apostles' Creed: "The liturgical communities in western Christianity that derive their rituals from the Roman Missal, including those particular communities which use the Roman Missal itself (Roman Catholics), the Book of Common Prayer (Anglicans / Episcopalians), the Lutheran Book of Worship (ELCA Lutherans), Lutheran Service Book (Missouri-Synod Lutherans), use the Apostles' Creed and interrogative forms of it in their rites of Baptism, which they consider to be the first sacrament of initiation into the Church."

Use: Nicene Creed: Not provided, but I know it is recited at certain services in the Episcopal church in which I grew up.

I'm going to leave the research to you, since your questions lead me to believe that this is likely a school project. You may have a text that should be used in place of any that I might draw upon.

Personally, I believe the Apostles' creed to be largely representative of Christian beliefs as they are expressed in the Bible. I believe the later creeds introduced non-Biblical concepts to the religion and have corrupted the more basic beliefs with additional man-made dogma. It should be obvious that I am not a Catholic, nor a supporter of the Trinity beliefs.

In the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds, the term "catholic" does not refer to a denomination. Roman Catholic is one of several denominations that consider themselves catholic, a term which simply means "universal." In the time when the creeds were written, the church was as fractured as it is today, and what the writers sought to do was to state what they all believed to be the truth, aside from their own differences. The "saints" referred to are not the canonical saints of the RC Church. "The communion of saints" is the gathering of all believers, in all times and places. It is a wonderfully optimistic statement, because it declares that it is what we all hold in common that will be important, not our differences. The words "catholic" and "saints" aren't words to shy away from, but it is important to know what you mean when you use them.

they're more or less the same, I know that when i was a catholic, our church used them interchangeably. but unfortunately I dont know much about their history, I'm sorry.

One of them (which ever one is used at that particular church) is said right after the Homily I believe (in mass)

can say enemies because the defenders of true Christianity were the one that were being persecuted and killed st athanasius destroyed the true teachings of Christ read history that why churches don't really teach that history they lie and say bad things of arius but if there is no record of him were do they get there facts?

really good websitehttp://forerunner.com/chalcedon/X0009__4._Nicene_C...

it breaks it down like it asks for in the packet :D ps the whole class is like the wuestions aare online!