The Nicene Creed

Question 1

What brought about the Nicene Creed?

Answer 1

The Council of Nicaea in AD 325.

Question 2

What does the creed emphasize?

Answer 2

The doctrine of the Trinity.

Question 3

What was the creed in response to?

Answer 3

The teachings of Arius who denied the divinity of the Son

Question 4

Recite the Nicene Creed.

Answer 4

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 we 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 and the Son,
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.