The Church Fathers · 325; revised 381
The Creed of Nicaea
The Council of Nicaea
What it is
The confession drawn up by the first ecumenical council, declaring the Son to be of one substance with the Father, and anathematising those who said there was a time when he was not.
Why it lasted
The most widely recited Christian text after the Lord's Prayer, and the doctrinal floor on which almost every church still stands.
Where to read it
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