The Nicene Creed.
Hammered out at two councils to settle who Christ is: the rare text Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and most of Protestantism still say together, word for word.
The Nicene Creed was hammered out at two councils under imperial pressure to settle whether Christ was of the same substance as the Father or merely similar — a distinction that in Greek was one letter (homoousios versus homoiousios), which is where the phrase "not one iota of difference" comes from, ironically inverted. It is recited by Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans, and many Reformed churches, which makes it the broadest point of Christian agreement — except for one clause. The Western addition of "and the Son" (filioque) to the Spirit's procession was a principal cause of the 1054 schism and remains unresolved.
We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, of one substance with the Father.
The Nicene Creed (325, rendered)Homoousios — the word the councils fought over, one letter from its rival.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideasSign in to open the first thread. Everything here is attributed.
