1The creed associated with the Council of Constantinople (381), expanding the Nicene creed above all on the Holy Spirit.
About this work
Author
Anonymous
Attribution
disputed · The creed is called that of Constantinople because the acts of the council of Chalcedon (451) read it out as the creed of the 150 fathers of 381. Whether the council of 381 itself drew it up is debated; it is closely related to the baptismal creed quoted in Epiphanius, Ancoratus 118–119 (published on this site).
Standing
Received by the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. A synod of bishops in communion with the church of its day.
Date
ascribed to 381; first attested 451 (disputed) · Ascribed to the council of 381; first read out at Chalcedon in 451.
Written at
Constantinople, Thrace (approximate)
Language
Greek
Genre
canon/council
Reference system
1 = the creed (one passage)
SBL abbreviation
Const. CreedNot yet checked
Text from
August Hahn, Bibliothek der Symbole und Glaubensregeln der alten Kirche, 3rd ed. by G. Ludwig Hahn (Breslau: Morgenstern, 1897), § 144.1, pp. 162–165 (the text of Mansi 3:565 and of the acts of Chalcedon) (Printed edition in the public domain)
Critical editions
Giuseppe Alberigo et al., eds., Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, vol. 1 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2006); Edward Schwartz, ed., Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum, vol. 2.1.2 (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1933), pp. 79–80 (Chalcedon, Session 2) (cited, not reproduced)