REGULÆ FIDEI
ECCLESIÆ ANTE-NICÆNÆ ET NICÆNÆ.
ANTE-NICENE AND NICENE RULES OF FAITH
AND BAPTISMAL CREEDS.
10REGULÆ FIDEI ECCLESIÆ ANTE-NICÆNÆ ET NICÆNÆ
ANTE-NICENE AND NICENE RULES OF FAITH AND BAPTISMAL CREEDS.
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Introductory Remarks. . . . . . . . . .
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Ignatius, of Antioch. A.D. 107. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Irenæus, of Gaul. A.D. 180. . .
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First Formula . . . . . . . . .
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Second Formula. . . . . . . . .
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Third Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Tertullian, of North Africa. A.D. 200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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First Formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Second Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Third Formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Cyprian, of Carthage. A.D. 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Novatian, of Rome. A.D. 250. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Origen, of Alexandria. A.D. 230. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Gregory Thaumaturgus, of Neo-Cæsarea.
A.D. 270. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lucian, of Antioch. A.D. 300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Private Creed of Arius. A.D. 328. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Eusebius, of Cæsarea in Palestine. A.D. 325
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Cyril, of Jerusalem. A.D. 350. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Longer Formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Shorter Formula.
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Epiphanius, of Cyprus. A.D. 374.
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First Formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Second Formula.
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The Apostolical Constitutions. A.D. 350 .
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Comparative Table of the Ante-Nicene Rules of Faith as related to the
Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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REGULÆ FIDEI
ECCLESIÆ ANTE-NICÆNÆ ET NICÆNÆ.
Ante-Nicene and Nicene Rules of Faith and Baptismal
Creeds.
Introductory
Remarks.
The Rules of Faith and Baptismal Confessions which we find among
the ecclesiastical writers of the second and third centuries mark the transition
from the Bible to the Œcumenical Creeds. They contain nearly all the articles of
the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, and some are even more full, especially those of
the East; for the Greek Church was, at an early period, disturbed by heretical speculations
and perversions, and had a greater talent and taste for metaphysical theology than
the less learned but more sober, practical, and steady Church of the West. I have
included here also some creeds of the fourth century, to facilitate the comparison
with the Apostles' and the Nicæno-Constantinopolitan symbols. In addition to the
valuable collections of
Hahn
(Bibliothek der Symbols und Glaubensregeln, 1842) and
Heurtley
(Harmonia Symbolica, 1858, and De Fide et Symbolo, 1869),
I have examined the more recent works of
Caspari
(Quellen zur Geschichte des Taufsymbols and der Glaubensregel, 1866–75,
3 vols.),
Lumby
(History of the Creeds, 1873),
Swainson
(Literary History of the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds, 1875), and
Hort
(Two Dissertations, etc., 1876).
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