| PLACES |
| #1 |
A Christian council in 325 CE in this city gave rise to our fundamental statement of Christian faith. |
What is Nicea? |
| #2 |
Nicea, the interim capital of the Byzantine Empire between 1204 and 1261, was in this modern-day country. |
What is Turkey? |
| #3 |
This Turkish city, now known as Istanbul, was once the imperial capital of the Roman Empire. |
What is Constantinople? |
| #4 |
One of Paul’s epistles was written to the church in this city, where a third ecumenical council affirmed the theology of the original Nicene Creed from 325 CE. |
What is Ephesus? |
| #5 |
Arius, the presbyter whose philosphy on Jesus’ divinity was addressed by the Nicene Creed, hailed from his city, famous for its library. |
What is Alexandria? |
| SHAPING BELIEF |
| #1 |
While this core concept of Christianity was not established in the Nicene Creed, it helped to more clearly define it. |
What is the Trinity? |
| #2 |
This controversial clause, known as the filioque clause, defines the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son. |
What is “proceeds from the Father and the Son”? |
| #3 |
This phrase from the Nicene Creed was meant to make it clear that the Son of God is divine. |
What is “begotten, not made” or “of one being with the Father”? |
| #4 |
This sacrament is the only one explicitly mentioned in the Nicene Creed. |
What is baptism? |
| #5 |
Violations of orthodox beliefs—such as Sabellius describing the Father, Son and Spirit as the same being with three “faces”—are know by this word. |
What is heresy? |
| OUTSIDE THE CREED |
| #1 |
According to the Book of Common Prayer, the Nicene Creed and this “ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture.” |
What is the Apostles’ Creed? |
| #2 |
As it is used in the Nicene Creed, this word means “universal.” |
What is 'catholic'? |
| #3 |
The catechism of the church found in the Book of Common Prayer notes that these the creeds used in our worship. |
What is the Nicene and Apostles’ creed? |
| #4 |
The Nicene Creed predates this fundamental document of our faith. |
What is the New Testament? |
| #5 |
The controversy over the addition of filioque, or “...and the Son,” sparked the creation of this church in 1054? |
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church? |
| COME TOGETHER |
| #1 |
This Roman emperor convened the first ecumenical council of Nicea to discuss the heresy of Arianism, the belief that Jesus was not divine. |
Who is Constantine? |
| #2 |
More than 300 of them attended the First Council of Nicea in 325 CE. |
What are bishops? |
| #3 |
Constantine, a convert to Christianity in 312 CE, had one overarching purpose in convening the Council of Nicea. |
What is a unified church, and thus, a united Empire? |
| #4 |
The Episcopal Church is in full communion with another protestant religion that also uses the Nicene Creed among its basic statements of faith. |
What is the Lutheran Church? |
| #5 |
These four words — the so-called “marks of the Church” in the Nicene Creed — describe what we believe about our church. |
What are “one, holy, catholic, apostolic”? |
