{"id":915,"date":"2022-02-11T08:26:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/?p=915"},"modified":"2023-03-28T16:35:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:35:35","slug":"why-the-nicene-creed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/why-the-nicene-creed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Nicene Creed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;true&#8221; custom_padding_t=&#8221;30&#8243; custom_padding_b=&#8221;30&#8243; row_hide_sm=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_hide_md=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_hide_xs=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1630864580219{background-color: #faf5eb !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><div class=\"container-fluid row_section vc_row_cp_lr_15 vc_row_cp_t_0 vc_row_cp_b_0\"><div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_column-gap-15 rdy_vc_row-o-equal-height rdy_vc_row-flex 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In our postmodern world, this has become something of a truism. But is it that simple?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, devotees of paganism, Deists, and more constitute a broad array of devotees to an immense variety of deities. Even among those who name themselves as Christians, there are quite diverse views, including those who reject most of the following: the virgin birth of Christ, the death of Christ as an atonement for sin, the possibility of miracles including the resurrection, the deity of Christ, the eventual return of Christ, and even the existence of a personal God. Consider Episcopal Bishop John Spong\u2019s statement, \u201cTheism, as a way of defining God, is dead. So most theological God-talk is today meaningless.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ours is an age of great confusion, as Bishop Spong\u2019s statement indicates. If a Christian community is to be clear about who this God is that we are committed to following, a clear creed is essential. The Jesus we follow is not merely a good man who taught that we should love one another. Nor is He one of the prophets, the final prophet being Mohammed. Nor is He one of the many incarnations of the Hindu god, Krishna. All of these views have their adherents.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The \u201cJesus Creed\u201d has been suggested as a less doctrinaire statement of faith. And, indeed, it is a beautiful summary of the response we are commanded to make to God.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">with all your mind, and with all your strength.&#8221;\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The second is this: &#8220;Love your neighbor as yourself.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">There is no commandment greater than these.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">These exhortations Jesus identified as the two \u201cgreat commandments.\u201d As such, there could be no objection to including it among an Ambleside school\u2019s foundational documents.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">But the one problem with the \u201cJesus Creed\u201d is that it is not a creed at all. Only the first line, \u201cthe Lord our God, the Lord is one\u201d is credal in nature. It\u2019s the only portion that tells us something about God\u2019s nature. And even so, it is a statement that can only be understood in the context of the entire book of Deuteronomy. Only in its context does the statement \u201cthe Lord is one\u201d make sense.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">More importantly, it doesn\u2019t do what a creed is intended to do, which is to clarify what we believe about God, to make known who this God is that we are following. Thus, Jews, Hindus, Muslims, certain Wiccan sects, Deists, theistic humanists, and \u201cChristians\u201d who deny the deity of Christ, the resurrection, and the crucifixion as an atoning sacrifice for sin; these could all wholeheartedly affirm the Jesus Creed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">From the time of its founding, Ambleside Schools International has affirmed the Nicene Creed as its statement of belief. The purpose of having such a creed as part of an Ambleside school\u2019s foundational documents is to ensure (to the extent possible) that when we say the words, \u201cGod,\u201d \u201cJesus,\u201d and \u201cHoly Spirit\u201d we mean something close to the same thing and that what we mean is something close to the same thing that Jesus, His disciples, and the great majority of Christ followers over the last two thousand years have meant.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Creed gives clarity to the statement, \u201cWe are not followers of just any God. We are followers of Jesus Christ, our resurrected Savior and Lord,\u201d however imperfectly we might do so. To abandon the Nicene Creed (or something equivalent) is to abandon one\u2019s distinctly Christian theological commitment and replace it with sentiment. \u201cAny god will do, so long as we have faith and love.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A creed serves an essential function in the life of a Christian community. It clarifies (for both those in the community and beyond the community) who this God is that we are committed to proclaiming, following, and serving. Thus, all Ambleside staff and board members are required to unreservedly affirm the Nicene Creed (or its equivalent). Doing so ensures, to the extent possible, that at the center of the community is a commitment to following the same God.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Of course, professing a creed, no matter how true the creed might be, is not the same as faithfully following the God who is professed. Affirming the Nicene Creed is only the beginning. More than this, Ambleside staff and board members are expected to live a daily walk of faith and obedience (though admittedly imperfectly) to the God whom we profess by the Nicene Creed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To date, all Ambleside schools have been welcoming of students and families who are not Christians. Schools have not required affirmation of the Nicene Creed by parents. Still, it is important for all parents to understand that the Jesus affirmed in the Creed is the Jesus to whom the school is consecrated and committed. Thus, the Creed acts as a means of \u201cfull disclosure\u201d to non-Christian parents.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Finally, the Nicene Creed is not the only option for an Ambleside school, but it is a theological minimum. A community with a more Biblicist leaning might chose a creed consisting of a selection of Bible verses. An evangelical community might choose the\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lausanne.org\/content\/covenant\/lausanne-covenant#cov\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lausanne Covenant<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. It is not that Ambleside requires member schools to have the same doctrinal statement, only that every school have a doctrinal statement that clearly communicates the nature of God, as consistent with the Nicene Creed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Nicene Creed was chosen as the standard creed for Ambleside schools because for 1700 years it has served as the clearest and most broadly accepted statement of who the Christian God is.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">We believe in one God,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">the Father, the almighty,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">maker of heaven and earth,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">of all that is, seen and unseen.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:120}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">the only Son of God,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">eternally begotten of the Father,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">God from God, Light from Light,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">true God from true God,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">begotten, not made,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">of one being with the Father.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Through Him all things were made.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">For us and for our salvation\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">He came down from heaven;\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">by the power of the Holy Spirit\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">He became incarnate of the Virgin Mary,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">and was made man.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate;\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">He suffered death and was buried.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:120}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On the third day He rose again\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">in accordance with the scriptures;\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">He ascended into heaven\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">and is seated at the right hand of the Father.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">and His kingdom will have no end.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:120}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">We believe in the Holy Spirit,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">the Lord, the giver of life,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">who proceeds from the Father and the Son.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">He has spoken through the Prophets.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:120}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">We look for the resurrection of the dead,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">and the life of the world to come. 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