ALL meanings of nicene creed
Ni·cene creed
N n - noun nicene creed a formal statement of the chief tenets of Christian belief, adopted by the first Nicene Council. 1
- noun nicene creed a later creed of closely similar form (Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed or Constantinopolitan Creed) referred, perhaps erroneously, to the Council of Constantinople (a.d. 381), received universally in the Eastern Church and, with an addition introduced in the 6th century a.d., accepted generally throughout western Christendom. 1
- noun nicene creed the formal summary of Christian beliefs promulgated at the first council of Nicaea in 325 ad 0
- noun nicene creed a longer formulation of Christian beliefs authorized at the council of Constantinople in 381, and now used in most Christian liturgies 0
- noun nicene creed a confession of faith of Christians traditionally attributed to the first Nicene Council and accepted, with some differences in wording, by both the Eastern Church and the Western Church 0