Nicene Creed

Nicene Christology Controversies, Outcomes, and Application BIBL 111: Intro to Christian History and Thought Noah Disbrow Prof. Mark J. Ackerman 5/2/2018 The understanding of Jesus and his divinity is taken for granted by contemporary Christians today. We have our pastors, different versions of the Bible, and Bible Study Commentaries. Access to at least the Bible was not a luxury of our Early Church Fathers in the fourth and fifth century had within their reach. Thankfully, those 4th and 5th…

The Eastern church was founded by when the great schism happened. They had many beliefs. Before they split, the people had an argument whether Jesus was fully human, or fully divine. A group of bishops made the Nicene Creed to state that Jesus was both fully human and divine. The Eastern Orthodox didn’t believe in icons. They thought it was against the bible, and do not support it. The emperor is the head of the church, while the patriarchs handled day to day affairs…

population continued to grow, the creation of hierarchy in the church was established to organize the believers in the Roman Empire. Although Christianity was growing there was still many struggles and controversies. To end controversies doctrines and creeds were established. Religion overall was fundamental to the safety and prosperity for the community and the individual. Rome…

INTRODUCTION The religion of Christianity has many sub groups within the religion. These are called denominations. Denominations in Christianity are a distinct religious group with similar traits. The religion of Christianity has many sub groups within the religion. These are called denominations. Distinctions between groups are determined by which doctrine they follow. From denominations there can be branches of Christianity which are groups of denominations that share similar beliefs and…

regards its self as the True Church, being rooted in Christianity. Eastern Orthodoxy places great value on the doctrine and holds the Bible to be the sacred text. They use the Septuagint, or the Greek Old Testament. The movement also emphasizes the Creeds and the seven ecumenical councils. In fact, the church often refers to itself as…

Jesus was not an ordinary man, He was the Incarnation of God in human form. Meaning, He was not just any good person then died too save us from our sins. “…and became human; He suffered and rose on the third day, He ascended into the heavens…” – Nicene Creed To start off you can’t just look at the Incarnation of God, but you have to look at the Trinity too. The Christian religion’s God is a Triune God, Three persons, in one essence. The Trinity is the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. The Son…

continued to be persecuted. Constantine, one of Caesar’s sons from the Tetrarchy, would go on to become emperor of Rome and challenged traditional beliefs. Under the rule of Constantine, he implemented a series of reforms such as the edict of Milan, Nicene Creed and changes in the culture of Rome, shifted the empire’s paganist ideology toward a Christian one. Christians under the reigns of Diocletian and Galerius, were not allowed to practice their religion freely.…

which is known to be used for Sunday school. Due to the Lutheran church stemming from the Catholic church, there are many similarities. Both churches follow and believe in three Ecumenical churches; the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. They both believe these creeds to be truthful and appropriate in describing…

The development of Christology in the patristic period of Christianity was formed out of two main arguments, the logos’ relation with God and the logos’ relation with the human Jesus. It was of agreement that Jesus the Christ was on earth and that he was the logos, i.e. “Word of God” or “Son of God”. Two orators in particular drew the proverbial line in the sand between homoousios and homoiousios, of the same and of similar substance as the Father. This division was later coined the Arian…

did not believe that Christ was divine. Athanasius disagreed with Arius; he believed that Christ was fully divine. This disagreement was settled at the Council of Nicaea, where Constantinople and three hundred bishops worked together to form the Nicene Creed. Following this was the Council of Constantinople, whom rejected Apollinaris’ teachings. Apollinaris was an Alexandrian…