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Why does the Nicene Creed not use the attribute ' consubstantial ' for the Holy Spirit?
Following are some excerpts from the Nicene Creed:
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from ...
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Why are the Nicene and Dedication Creeds so different?
The Nicene and Dedication Councils were attended by more or less the same people and were only 16 years apart (325 vs 341) but resulted in opposing creeds. The Nicene Creed is pro-Sabellian but the ...
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Why was homoousios not mentioned for 20 years after Nicaea?
In the “centuries-old account of the Council of Nicaea: … The whole power of the mysterious dogma is at once established by the one word homoousios … with one pronouncement the Church identified a ...
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Which theologian advised Theodosius?
This question is based on chapter 23 of the 1988 book by R.P.C. Hanson - The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy, 318-381. "RH" in the quotes below refers to this ...
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Is the theory of Eternal Generation now redundant?
I note that many modern theologians no longer translate monogenēs as “only begotten” but as “unique” or as "one of a kind." Most modern English versions have adopted this new understanding ...
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Do non-Social Trinitarians believe that "begotten" and "proceeding" are different?
(To clarify, I am asking about Nicene-affirming Trinitarians, just ones that don't accept intra-Godhead emotions)
In the Nicene creed, Jesus is described as: begotten of the Father
While the Holy ...
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Did the Cappadocians teach one or two substances?
"One substance" means that Father and Son are one single substance. That is known as numerical sameness.
But if homoousios in the Nicene Creed is translated as "same substance," it ...
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Should homoousion in the Nicene Creed be translated as "same substance" or as “one substance?”
Literally, homoousion means "same substance" from homos (same) and ousia (essence) (The Free Dictionary). But it is often translated as “one substance” (e.g., Merriam-Webster).
The word “...
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Should the phrase "God from God" in the Nicene Creed be translated as "god from god"?
I previously posted the question:
I understand the word theos may be translated as "God" or as "god."
Bible writers added words (the, true, only, or one) to indicate the
Almighty. ...
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Does the Catholic's Trinity doctrine imply that the Unitarian God Multiplied into Three persons by Generating the other Two?
Does the cause-effect and begotten doctrine of the Eastern and Roman Catholic Church imply a division or multiplication in the nature of God? Unitarian God (Father) begets or caused into effect the ...
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Why were ousia and hypostasis synonymous in the Nicene Creed?
Why were ousia and hypostasis synonymous in the Nicene Creed?
In the original 325 A.D. Nicene Creed, an anathema is included which has ousia and hypostasis as synonymous. In this case, the Trinity is ...
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Why doesn't the Father have additional attributes like the Son and Holy Spirit? [closed]
Concerning god, the Nicene Creed says:
We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
If I'm not mistaken- god, god, and god have these ...
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According to Roman Catholicism, what does "proceeds' mean in the Nicene Creed?
The Nicene Creed says:
We believe in one God,the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
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Are Father, Son, and Holy Spirit explicitly identified as "persons" in any writings directly associated with the Nicene Creed?
Neither version of the Nicene Creed (325 or 381) contains the word "person," in the singular or in the plural.
Are there any extant writings that came out of, or are closely associated with, either ...
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