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The Church Fathers · c. 350–355
On the Decrees of the Council of Nicaea
De Decretis
Athanasius of Alexandria · c. 296–373
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What it is
A defence of the council's use of a word not found in scripture, arguing that non-biblical language was needed precisely to protect the biblical sense.
Why it lasted
The classic answer to the perennial objection that creeds impose vocabulary the Bible does not use.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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