Beginning with, in particular, the Rule of Faith in the 2nd century (from Irenaeus’ Against Heresies) and culminating with the Athanasian Creed of the 5th, numerous extrabiblical creedal statements were formed to both establish acceptable Christian faith and deal with weighty theological and Christological issues. Most of these creeds were developed in the context of the universal, orthodox Church in an effort to dissuade heresy and reinforce the faith that had been handed down over the centuries; in particular, the earliest creeds dealt heavily with the [historical] life of Christ, Trinitarianism, and Christology. Between Nicea (AD 325) and the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (AD 381), a number of the creeds from those intervening years, listed below, reflect the schismatic Semi-Arian position that was ultimately defeated at Constantinople.
- RULE OF FAITH
- OLD ROMAN SYMBOL
- CREED OF CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE
- DEIR BALYZEH CREED
- CREED OF ANTIOCH
- NICENE CREED
- APOSTLES’ CREED
- FIRST CREED OF ANTIOCH
- SECOND CREED OF ANTIOCH
- THIRD CREED OF ANTIOCH
- FOURTH CREED OF ANTIOCH
- CREED OF THE WESTERN SERDICAN COUNCIL
- CREED OF THE EASTERN SERDICAN COUNCIL
- THE LONG-LINED CREED
- CREED OF JERUSALEM
- FIRST CREED OF SIRMIUM
- SECOND CREED OF SIRMIUM
- FOURTH CREED OF SIRMIUM
- NICENO-THRACIAN CREED
- NINTH CONFESSION OF SELEUCIA
- HOMOIAN CREED
- NICENO-CONSTANTINOPOLITAN CREED
- CREED OF THE FIRST COUNCIL OF TOLEDO
- CHALCEDONIAN CREED
- ATHANASIAN CREED
Where to Read It in Print
The Complete Apocrypha
All-In-One Holy Bible with Apocrypha
Where to Read It Online
Fourth-Century Christianity
