A creed is a statement that a group uses to explain and uphold its core beliefs.

There’s an old creed that you might find hidden in some dusty books if you wandered into a church, but you may be surprised to hear that it is still read aloud there, and in countless other churches of all sorts around the globe. We call it the Nicene Creed.

It’s a statement about God and what the Bible teaches about him. Here are four things to know about the Nicene Creed:

1. The Nicene Creed is also known as the “Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.”

2. The Nicene Creed is very similar to the Apostles’ Creed.

3. The Nicene Creed is a formal statement defending certain beliefs about God.

4. The Nicene Creed is world famous!

This creed is the most widely accepted and used formal statement of Christian beliefs in the world. It’s a unifying statement of our fundamental belief about God based on his own Word, the Bible, for many Christian denominations.

Many church traditions recite the Nicene Creed during Sunday worship services, special events (like baptisms), and special holidays (like Easter).

The original authors’ goal in writing the creed was to promote knowledge of the one, true, Triune God of the Bible. They wanted such knowledge to move their readers to worship him.

The Nicene Creed is anything but . . .

by Bibles.net