The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed is the church's own conciliar formula, adopted by the First Council of Constantinople in 381 as the expanded form of the Nicene Creed, and this record holds it as a custodian source for exactly that reason: it is still recited as the standard doctrinal statement across Catholic, Orthodox and most Protestant liturgies today, a documented, checkable continuity of use rather than a claim about any one publisher. It is authoritative for the exact wording of the Creed and what it affirms, checkable against the text itself, not for independent historical analysis of the fourth-century trinitarian and christological disputes that produced it, which needs a separate scholarly history alongside it, such as Pelikan's history of Christian doctrine. Use it to establish the Creed's own wording and affirmations.
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The Church's own conciliar formula, adopted by the First Council of Constantinople in 381 and still recited across Catholic, Orthodox and most Protestant liturgies, carried as a custodian source; authoritative for the Creed's exact wording, not for independent historical analysis of the disputes that produced it. NotesThe Church's own conciliar formula, adopted by the First Council of Constantinople in 381 as the expanded form of the Nicene Creed, and still recited as the standard doctrinal statement across Catholic, Orthodox and most Protestant liturgies. Use for the exact wording of the Creed and what it affirms; it is the Church's own confessional text, not independent historical analysis of the fourth-century trinitarian and Christological disputes that produced it, which needs a separate scholarly history alongside it.
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AuthorFirst Council of Constantinople
Publication Year381
URLhttps://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/creeds/nicene-creed
Source Typeprimary-text
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyFirst Council of Constantinople
Custodian BasisThe creed of an ecumenical council, in its own name. Authoritative for what the Church confesses.
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This source backs 119 claims across the atlas. As facts: 34 well-attested. As cited relationships: 49 holds, 1 connected, 7 rejected Here. Plus 28 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Beliefs & Restrictions, 43 claims: 9 well-attested, 29 holds, 5 general references.
- Doctrines, 33 claims: 16 holds, 7 rejected Here, 10 general references.
- Denominations, 20 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds, 10 general references.
- Sources, 11 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Pantheons, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Deities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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