Nicene Creed
statement of belief adopted at the First Ecumenical Council in 325
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The Nicene Creed is a statement of Christian beliefs that was officially adopted at a major church council in 325 to clarify what Christians should believe. It matters because it helped establish agreement on core Christian doctrines across the church and has remained one of the most important expressions of Christian faith for nearly 1,700 years.
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Icon depicting Constantine the Great, accompanied by the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325), holding the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. First line of main text in Greek: Πιστεύω εἰς ἕνα Θ[εό]ν, πατέρα παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ κ[αὶ] γῆς. Translation: "I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth." The Nicene Creed is the defining statement of belief of Nicene Christianity and in those Christian denominations that adhere to it.
The original Nicene Creed was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. According to the traditional view, forwarded by the Council of Chalcedon of 451, the Creed was amended in 381 by the First Council of Constantinople as "consonant to the holy and great Synod of Nice". Further, a creed "almost identical in form" was used as early as 374 by St. Epiphanius of Salamis. The amended form is presently referred to as the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed.