Ecumenical Christian statement of faith accepted by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and major Protestant churches. Originally written in Greek, it was long thought to have been drafted at the Council of Nicaea (325), but is now believed to have been issued by the Council of Constantinople (381), based on a baptismal creed already in existence
A statement, like the Apostle's Creed, that we read together on Communion Sundays to declare what we believe The Nicene Creed was written in 325 A D when Christians wanted to make it clear they believed that Jesus was the Son of God
Along with the Apostles' Creed, the definitive statement of Christian faith that was gradually adopted into the eucharistic liturgy from the fifth to the eleventh centuries
or Credo in Unum The only universal Christian creed, sung every Sunday at Mass in the Western Rite Its proper name is the Symbol of Faith It was formulated by the first two Ecumenical Councils, those of Nicaea and Constantinople