Creed of Arius
The creed of Arius is only through a letter to Emperor Constantine handed. Contrary to the Nicene Creed, it was rejected at the Council of Nicaea in 325, which was convened by Constantine the Great . At the council it was stipulated that God the Father and God the Son are of the same essence and substantiated confessions to the contrary - such as that of Arius - according to which Jesus Christ is indeed divine, but is subordinate to God the Father, with the anathema .
Arius and Euzoius are cited as authors of this creed. The original is no longer available. The copy is mentioned in the works of Athanasius , a later adversary of Arius, where this confession is quoted from a letter of Arius to Eusebius .
German text
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
and in the Lord Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son,
who was born of him before all times, God, Word,
through whom everything in heaven and on earth came into being,
who came down and received flesh, suffered, rose and went up to heaven,
and who will come again to judge the living and the dead.
And to the Holy Spirit,
the resurrection of the flesh,
to a life in the coming eon,
to the kingdom of heaven,
to a Catholic Church of God from the beginning to the end of the earth.
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Remarks
- ↑ For historical reasons and to avoid confusion with the Roman Catholic Church , “Catholic Church” is translated here with “Christian Church” or “General Church”.
- ^ Letter from Arius to Eusebius of Nicomedia (Certificate 30), www.athanasius.theologie.uni-erlangen.de