Sunday, July 16, 2006

The De-Deification of the American Faithscape



Great stuff from Colbert.

By the way, that's the entire Nicene Creed, word for word.

posted by John Mark at 7:43 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger J. Quiring said...

That's the AD 381 edit, not the original from AD 325.

Here's the original Nicene Crede:

We believe in one God, the Father, almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible;

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the son of God, begotten from the Father, only-begotten, that is, from the substance of the Father, God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, of one substance from the Father, through Whom all things came into being, things in heaven and things on earth, who because of us men and because of our salvation came down and became incarnate, becoming man, suffered and rose again on the third day, ascended to the heavens, will come to judge the living and the dead;

And in the Holy Spirit.

But as for those who say, there was when he was not, and, before being born he was not, and he came into existence out of nothing, or who assert that the son of God is a different hypostasis or substance, or is subject to change or alteration—these the Catholic and Apostolic Church anathematizes.

The 325 original is usually called the Nicene Crede, while the more accurate title for the 381 edit is "The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed" or "Niceno-Constantinopolitanum" because of the influence of Constantine on its edition and on the governing body. Notice their is nothing about baptism for the forgiveness of sins, the Virgin Mary, and more. Those fit into the later Roman influence upon the church.

There's so much history behind that; I find it very interesting.

10:38 PM  
Blogger Chris said...

And the whole gang has taken to hating the jews who have... *arrow points recursively back to the Jews* joined right in!

11:30 PM  

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