Nicene Creed: Timeline

325   First Council of Nicaea - first "Ecumenical Council" of the Universal Catholic Church: The Nicene Creed is formulated, the date of Easter Easter

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 is discussed.

381   First Council of Constantinople - second Ecumenical council Ecumenical council

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 of the Christian Church: The Nicene creed is affirmed and extended, Apollinarism is declared a heresy Heresy

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393   Theodosius I outlaws the Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Games

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, ending a thousand years of festivals, as part of the general Christian Christian

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 policy begun by Constantine I to slowly end both public and private religious freedom and establish universal Christian worship in accordiance with the doctrines set forth in the Nicene creed.

410   Council of Seleucia: Persian Christians create a national church and adopt the Nicene Creed.

431   Council of Ephesus: Nestorianism Nestorianism

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 is rejected, the Nicene creed is declared to be complete. Nestorius Nestorius

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 is deposed from his see Patriarch of Constantinople

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447   Synod of Toledo: The filioque clause Filioque clause

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 is added to the Nicene Creed.

587   First use of the filioque clause Filioque clause

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 in the Nicene Creed, used against the Arians in Spain Spain

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1014   The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Symbol of the Faith Nicene Creed

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 is used for the first time during the Roman Mass after Henry II, the newly crowned Holy Roman Emperor Holy Roman Emperor

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, asked the Pope Pope

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 to add it together with the filioque Filioque clause

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 clause. Prior to this date, the Creed was not used at all during the liturgy Liturgy

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