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Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed

The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 CE in the English, French, German, and Spanish translations.

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This text of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 CE in the English, French, German, and Spanish translations used by the World Council of Churches.

The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed is an expansion of the Creed agreed at the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE and is often referred to simply as the “Nicene Creed.”

The translations are taken from Oasis of Peace: Opening Prayer, WCC 11th Assembly, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2022 (Geneva: WCC Publications, 2022), 36-37.