Imagine my surprise when I learned there was a Prayer/Pledge
for Christians? It is called The Nicene
Creed and was formulated at the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea in AD 325 to
combat the thought that Jesus could not be a God since he was created (born of a woman), and it
was expanded at the Second Ecumenical Council at Constantinople in AD 381 to
balance its coverage of the Trinity by including the Holy Spirit. It is the
only creed that was made public to the lesser citizens by any of the seven ecumenical
councils and thus it is the only creed that is truly ecumenical (involving
people from different kinds of Christian churches) and universal. In the
Orthodox Church, it is the only creed.
As a new baby Christian I’m glad to be learning the foundations of the
Christian body aren’t you?
You should ask your church leaders the "statement of beliefs" for your church. Then you can compare it with the Nicene Creed. Will they match up? Are there some denominational departures? Does it line up with the Bible?
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