Nicene Creed - Part 3

The third part of the Nicene Creed deals with the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. The Nicene Council of 325 did not include this section which was added by the Council at Constantinople in 381, which also modified the rest of the original creed as set forth at Nicene in 325. Therefore, the complete Nicene Creed is sometimes called the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. (There was also a small addition in the 6th Century, which I will discuss in a later post.) As in the first part, and the second part, I have broken down the Creed line by line, and placed a one or two word summary next to it of the doctrine that line expounds on.

THE NICENE CREED - Part 3 - Pneumatology

WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE LORD, THE GIVER OF LIFE - Trinity - The Holy Spirit

WHO PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER AND THE SON - Double Procession

WHO WITH THE FATHER AND THE SON IS WORSHIPPED AND GLORIFIED - Worship of the Holy Spirit as God

WHO HAS SPOKEN THROUGH THE HOLY PROPHETS - Inspiration of Scripture

WE BELIEVE IN ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH - The Universal Church - Apostolic Teaching (Ecclesiology)

WE ACKNOWLEDGE ONE BAPTISM FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS - Efficacy of Baptism - Sins Forgiven

WE LOOK FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD - Resurrection of the Dead (Eschatology)

AND THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME - The New Heavens and Earth

Again, in a few short statements, the Nicene Creed sets forth the essential nature and work of the Holy Spirit, and includes a few brief statements about the Church and the end times, which all orthodox churces affirm.

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