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Creeds Define Baptismal Identity
- A creed is a baptismal confession that names who you are and shapes how you live.
- The Nicene Creed functioned to preserve baptismal identity and exclude heresies like Arianism.
One God, One Lord Backbone
- The backbone of the Nicene Creed is 1 Corinthians 8:6: one God, one Lord.
- Calling Jesus 'Lord' in Jewish terms equates him with the God of Israel and signals his full divinity.
Grammar Holds Christ's Two Births
- The Creed names the Trinity and tells a story about each name to reveal identity.
- The second article centers on Jesus with one grammatical subject linking his eternal and incarnate births.