Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA), autonomous church in the United States. Part of the Anglican Communion, it was formally organized in Philadelphia in 1789 as the successor to the Church of England in the American colonies. In poi
1The Nicene Creed, beginning, “I believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord Jesus Christ … .” It is usually described as a revision by the First Council of Constantinople (381) of the creed adopted...
Church, THE.—The term church (A. S., cirice, circe; Mod. Ger., Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia, ecclesia, the term by which the New Testament writers denote the society founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ. The derivation...
The term Church has three inseparable meanings: (1) the entire People of God throughout the world; (2) the diocese, which is also known as the local Church; (3) the assembly of believers gathered for the celebration of the liturgy, especially the Eucharist. In the Nicene Creed, the Chur...
Then looking at the world through the words of that prayer, or through the words of the Nicene Creed, in which we speak — and will soon speak this morning — of Jesus as “God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,” you can read the Bible as if those words are ...
Receiving Faith from Others (166-167) The Church's Faith (168-169) The Need for Formulas (170-171) Transmitting the One Faith (172-175)The CreedsThe Apostles CreedThe Nicene CreedThe Need for Creeds (185-186) Various Names (187-190) Articles of Faith (191) Numerous Creeds (192-193...
church government and allowed for greater participation by the laity. Worship is liturgical and is regulated by the Book of Common Prayer and its revised alternatives, but it varies in degree of ritual between parishes. The creeds in use are the Apostles', the Nicene, and the Athanasian. ...
The other was the filioque clause of the Nicene Creed. Western Catholics believe that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, while Eastern Orthodox believe that the Holy Spirit proceeds only from the Father. The Roman Catholic Church experienced another rupture about five hundred ...
When we confess in the Nicene Creed that the Church is “Catholic,” what does that really mean? The common answers one usually hears on this point are either “communion with the Pope” or “possesses apostolic succession.” The first of these is an irrelevant, Ultramontane fable. The seco...
The Nicene Creed declares that the three Persons are “of one substance.” In other words, whatever God is made of, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have all got it—and in equal measure. But what is that “substance?” Is it a divine essence which existed prior to, or in addition to,...