Editing Creed (section)

== History ==
The earliest known creed in [[Christianity]], "[[Jesus is Lord]]", originated in the writings of [[Paul the Apostle]].<ref name="Harn2004">{{cite book |last1=Harn |first1=Roger van |title=Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostles' Creed |date=2004 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=9780819281166 |page=58 |language=en}}</ref> One of the most significant and widely used Christian creeds is the [[Nicene Creed]], first formulated in AD 325 at the [[First Council of Nicaea]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanson |first=Richard Patrick Crosland |title=The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy 318-381 AD |last2=Hanson |first2=R. P. |publisher=A&C Black |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-567-03092-4 |location=London |language=en}}</ref> to affirm the deity of Christ and revised at the [[First Council of Constantinople]] in AD 381 to affirm the trinity as a whole.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Cone |first=Steven D. |title=A Global Church History: The Great Tradition through Cultures, Continents and Centuries |last2=Rea |first2=Robert F. |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2019 |isbn=978-0-567-67305-3 |pages=lxxx |language=en}}</ref> The creed was further affirmed in 431 by the Chalcedonian Definition, which clarified the doctrine of Christ.<ref name=":1" /> Affirmation of this creed, which describes the [[Trinity]], is often taken as a fundamental test of [[orthodoxy]] by many [[Christian denomination]]s, and was historically purposed against [[Arianism]].<ref>[http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/creeds/nicene.htm Johnson, Phillip R. "The Nicene Creed."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314061400/http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/creeds/nicene.htm |date=2009-03-14 }} Accessed 17 May 2009</ref> The Apostles' Creed, another early creed which concisely details the trinity, virgin birth, crucifixion, and resurrection, is most popular within [[western Christianity]], and is widely used in Christian [[church service]]s.
	
In [[Islam]]ic theology, the term most closely corresponding to "creed" is ''[[ʿAqīdah|ʿaqīdah]]'' ({{lang|ar|عقيدة}}).<ref name="Halverson"/>