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What is the role of the three persons of the Trinity in Creation?
In the Nicene-Constantinopolitan creed, the three persons of the Trinity each seem to have their own role in creating the world:
The Father is "maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and ...
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Does the Nicene Creed condemn Chiliasm?
I've repeatedly seen it asserted that Chiliasm was condemned as a heresy in the fourth century by the Church when it included the phrase "whose Kingdom shall have no end" in the Nicene Creed. However, ...
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According to Catholicism and/ or Protestantism, how many times was Jesus of Nazareth, whether pre-incarnate or incarnate, “begotten”?
How many times does the Bible state that Jesus of Nazareth, whether pre-incarnate or incarnate, was "begotten"?
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Did Jesus have Free Will? (Arianism)
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I've been reading a lot about Arianism and this is an interesting point that they have:
Arius believed the Son Jesus was capable of His own free will of right
and ...
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What are the theological implications of “filioque”?
Depending on your tradition, the Nicene Creed may or may not say that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father:
(Greek) τὸ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον - who from the Father ...
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How should I understand the emphasis on “begotten, not made” in the Nicene Creed?
I'm trying to understand the importance the repetition of "begotten" in the Nicene creed. It states (emphasis mine):
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son ...
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What is the distinction between Consubstantial and One in Being?
The New Translation of the Roman Missal is going to be put into use in Advent 2011 and there is a change made to the Nicene Creed.
one in Being with the Father.
is going to be
consubstantial ...
