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Credimus in unum deum….

Credimus in unum deum…. THE CREED COUNCIL OF NICAEA I COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE I. WHY CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT?. MOVEMENT : “Go forth from the land …and you will be a blessing to all the families…” Gen 12/1-3 GROWTH : “The kingdom of heaven/reign of god is like a mustard seed….” MT 13:31

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Credimus in unum deum….

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  1. Credimus in unum deum…. THE CREED COUNCIL OF NICAEA I COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE I

  2. WHY CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT? • MOVEMENT: “Go forth from the land …and you will be a blessing to all the families…”Gen 12/1-3 • GROWTH: “The kingdom of heaven/reign of god is like a mustard seed….” MT 13:31 “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast….”MT 13:33 • ADAPTATION: “…we ought to stop troubling the Gentiles who turn to God…” Acts 15:19

  3. KATAHOLIKE “Although founded on the rock of Peter, the church of the (New testament) was diverse and pluralistic in character. Despite many differences from place to place, however, certain common elements of belief and practice existed: faith in Jesus as Messiah and Lord, the practice of baptism and the celebration of the Eucharist, the apostolic preaching and instruction, the practice of communal love, and the expectation of the coming reign of God. There was freedom in all other matters.” R. McBrien. HCEC 243.

  4. WHY THE CREED? SOME IMPORTANT FACTORS • ISSUES IN POST-APOSTOLIC WORLD • TRANSITION FROM JUDAIC TO GREEK & ROMAN CULTURE • DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE • KERYGMA-CATECHESIS-THEOLOGY • PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS • GROWTH OF CHRISTIAN POPULATION

  5. WHY THE CREED? • IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH (d. c. 107) points to the importance of kataholikos • KEEPING CONNECTED DESPITE DISTANCES • DEVELOPING LITURGICAL TRADITIONS • CONSOLIDATION OF THE NT CANON • IMPACT OF NEW CHALLENGES AND DIVERSE APPROACHES IN TEACHING AND PRACTICE • SYNCRETISM, ADAPTATION, AUTHORITY

  6. Table 1.1Christian Growth Projected at 40 Percent per Decade • 1,000 0.0017 • 1,400 0.0023 • 100 7,530 0.0126 • 40,496 0.07 • 217,795 0.36 • 250 1,171,356 1.9 • 300 6,299,832 10.5 • 33,882.008 56.5 • _____________________________________________________________________________________ • aBased on an estimated population of 60 million Year Number of Christians Percent of Populationa

  7. SOURCES OF THE CREED • Scripture • Liturgical and Sacramental Formulae (esp. baptismal) • Regional and Local Creeds • Episcopal Catechesis • Theological Works

  8. ‘PISTIS’,’PISTEUOMEN’ BELIEVE BE-LOEF (Anglo-Saxon, English) • “beloved,” “to hold dear • Akin to German belieben, “prefer,” “give Allegiance to”

  9. CREDO-CREDIMUS-CREDERE • “I give my heart to,” • “We give our hearts to,” • “to give one’s heart to” • Cor, cordis = “heart” (cf. ac-cord, con-cord)

  10. ‘FIDES,’ ‘FIDERE’ • French Fei, “faith” • No English verb derived from fidere • Came into English between 1300s and 1600s • Implies trust, confidence, fundamental acceptance • Ordered to person rather than thing

  11. Nicaea I 325Constantinople I 381 • PROFESSION OF FAITH OF THE 300 FATHERS • KERYGMA = PROCLAMATION • CATECHESIS = INSTRUCTION • THEOLOGY= “Fides quarens intellectum”(“Faith seeking understanding.”)

  12. A THOUGHT TO CONSIDER WHAT SORTS OF DEVELOPMENTS WILL COME ABOUT IN THE NEW GLOBALIZING ENVIRONMENT?

  13. Table 1.1Christian Growth Projected at 40 Percent per Decade • 1,000 0.0017 • 1,400 0.0023 • 100 7,530 0.0126 • 40,496 0.07 • 217,795 0.36 • 250 1,171,356 1.9 • 300 6,299,832 10.5 • 33,882.008 56.5 • _____________________________________________________________________________________ • aBased on an estimated population of 60 million Year Number of Christians Percent of Populationa

  14. A FEW STATS • Christianity: 2.1 billion • Islam: 1.5 billion • Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion • Hinduism: 900 million • Chinese traditional religion: 394 million • Buddhism: 376 million • primal-indigenous: 300 million

  15. GLOBAL CHRISTIAN STATS Catholic Christian- 1.2 billion Latin Catholic- 1,149.6 million Eastern Catholic - 16.1 million ProtestantChristian- 670 million Orthodox Christian- 230 million http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members

  16. THEN AND NOW 1ST TO 4TH CENTURY ROMAN EMPIRE 60, 000, 000 CURENT WORLD POPULATION MORE THAN 1000 TIMES THAT

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