Nicene Creed

Rapids: Baker, 2011). Athanasius by Peter J. Leithart is a small, yet not menial, piece of historiography that is pulled out the weave of God’s planned time of His creation for the good of its readers in correlation with the observance of the Nicene Creed and the worldwide interest of the Christian faith itself. Peter J. Leithart is very well equipped man to establish the first contribution of the Foundations of Theological Exegesis and Christian Spirituality series in this work. He currently…

There are a reliable source of Jesus nature. The Nicene creed written in the council of Nicaea also tells us about Jesus' human nature. The creed states the son of god came down to earth and was made man. However, Jesus was also fully divine. Evidence for Jesus' divinity is also found within the New Testament. When he was conceived by Mary she was…

with the ability to work hard in everything I do, God won’t shut me out because my intentions aren't in the Bible, he’ll bless me with the keys to achieve my goals. A predominant set of core beliefs are based in the Nicene Creed, which states a major chunk of what we believe. The Creed starts off stating we (Catholics) belief in one god, our father almighty. He created heaven, and everything on the planet we live in. We also believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only son, who was born to our Virgin…

McKnight’s presentation was very unique to any message than I had ever heard prior to listening to his. I’m not sure if it my background or my lack of previous theological study, but this was a very unique presentation for me to view. McKnight talked about Luther and Calvin helping to slightly re-shape the tradition of church. I grew up in an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Kankakee. Growing up I had no idea what that meant. I knew that we were Methodist, but I didn’t know what…

Catholic is an uncomfortable word for many protestants because of its modern day association with the Roman church. However, the church fathers who wrote the Nicene Creed did not understand catholic to mean the Roman Catholic Church. The visible and invisible idea can also be helpful when determining what it means to be catholic. Along with a distinction of true and imitating Christians, a distinction must be drawn between true and imitating churches. The early church differentiated between the…

One of the scribes, Athanasius, who later became the Bishop of Alexandria following the death of Bishop Alexander, was one of the major contributors to the Creed of Nicaea. Athanasius consistently believed that Christ and God were of equal and had great disdain for those who supported the Arian belief that saw Christ as a lesser figure to God. As Margaret Miles points out in The World Made Flesh: “Athanasius’s…

The early church's locus of authority was "somewhat" settled before the "Council of Nicea in the year 325. The disagreement which started in Alexandria as the bishop of Alexandria, Alexander disputed that the Word of God was divine and was part of the Father. Arius, according to Gonzalez (2010), "was the one of the most prestigious and popular presbyters of the city," argued that the Word did not coexist with the Father and therefore was not divine (p.184). The Arian controversy also held the…

Religion refers to the belief of, and worship to a higher unseen power, that is constantly developing, in order to more efficiently answer the enduring questions of life. Christianity is the world’s largest religious tradition, with approximately one third of the world population being Christian adherents; according to the Religious Tolerance Organisation. As a result of Christianity’s vast followers, it is often regarded as a living tradition that is continually subject to change, in order to…

Ethics & Morality There are many different views throughout the Lutheran denomination of Christianity all over the world, regarding controversial issues such as homosexuality and abortion. For example, the Evangelical Churches in Germany and Sweden support same-sex relationships, while in Africa and Asia, Lutherans have a more conservative view and condemn these relationships as sinful. Disagreements about ordaining homosexual pastors into the Lutheran Church have led to breaking ties between…

There are various versions of Christianity due to the different beliefs and views that people had, which in turn created the different branches within the religion. One example of this is the Great Schism. The Great Schism was the split between the Eastern and Western Christianity. This occurred after the centuries of progressive separation in which the two traditions developed their own distinctive forms. When it came to their differences, they ranged from minor to more contrasting…