Athanasian Creed

American  

noun

1. a creed or formulary of Christian faith, of unknown authorship, formerly ascribed to Athanasius.

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Athanasian Creed British  

noun

1. Christianity a profession of faith widely used in the Western Church which, although formerly attributed to Athanasius, probably originated in Gaul between 381 and 428 _ad

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Etymology

Origin of Athanasian Creed

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

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Athanasian Creed

Dean Stanley says no clergyman believes the Athanasian Creed, and treats many parts of the Bible as mythical. 

From The Religious Life of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

Again, did he receive the Athanasian Creed on any logical demonstration that its articles were in Scripture?

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman

It was not a matter with the farmer of the Athanasian Creed, or the doctrine of salvation by faith, or any other theological dogma.

From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Sir Walter Besant

And have you got any good from learning the collects for Sunday and the Benedicite and the Athanasian Creed and the thirty-nine Articles?

From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie

Quicunque Vult.—The name given to the Athanasian Creed, from the first Latin words with which it begins, and meaning "Whosoever will."

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William James Miller