Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

A form of Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed — The first official creed of the early Christian church, defined by the councils in Nicaea (325 CE) and Constantinople (381 CE).

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proper nounthe Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.

    The addition [et filio] to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, which first appeared in Spain, was continually more and more generally received, in the Latin churches, notwithstanding Pope Leo III. refused it his sanction.

    1830, William Muenscher [i.e., Wilhelm Münscher], translated by James Murdock, “Procession of the Holy Spirit”, in Elements of Dogmatic History. […], New Haven, Conn.: […] A[biel] H[olmes] Maltby, →OCLC, part II (The History of Particular Doctrines), chapter II (Developement of Doctrines Not Before Defined), page 104
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    The Council of Ephesus, rated as the third Ecumenical Council, after a due recital of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed which defines the procession of the Holy Ghost simply from the Father, determined: that it was unlawful to introduce any other additional point of faith into that already solemnly recognised Symbol.

    1830, George Stanley Faber, “Infallibility”, in The Difficulties of Romanism in Respect to Evidence: or The Peculiarities of the Latin Church Evinced to Be Untenable on the Principles of Legitimate Historical Testimony, 2nd edition, London: […] C[harles,] J[ohn,] G[eorge] & F[rancis] Rivington, […], →OCLC, book II (The Testimony of History against the Peculiarities of Romanism), pages 254–255

    Is it not enough, they [Anglican bishops] ask, that Anglicans who participate in a Roman Catholic Eucharist are able to recite the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed and make the various responses, including the grand “Amen” at the end of the Eucharistic Prayer?

    2001 May 19, Richard McBrien, “Essays in Theology: Church of England responds to document”, in Record-Journal, 134th year, number 139, Meriden, Conn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5
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