[B-Greek] Creed of Nicaea change in gender

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 13 17:15:28 EDT 2008


Wikipedia had the Greek so I thought I'd share
Πιστεύω εἰς ἕνα Θεόν, Πατέρα, Παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων. 
Καὶ εἰς ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων· 
φῶς ἐκ φωτός, Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί, δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο. 
Τὸν δι' ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ σαρκωθέντα 
ἐκ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς Παρθένου καὶ ἐνανθρωπήσαντα. 
Σταυρωθέντα τε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου, καὶ παθόντα καὶ ταφέντα. 
Καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ κατὰ τὰς Γραφάς. 
Καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ καθεζόμενον ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Πατρός. 
Καὶ πάλιν ἐρχόμενον μετὰ δόξης κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς, οὗ τῆς βασιλείας οὐκ ἔσται τέλος. 
Καὶ εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, τὸ κύριον, τὸ ζωοποιόν, 
τὸ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον, 
τὸ σὺν Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον, 
τὸ λαλῆσαν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν. 
Εἰς μίαν, Ἁγίαν, Καθολικὴν καὶ Ἀποστολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν. 
Ὁμολογῶ ἓν βάπτισμα εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν. 
Προσδοκῶ ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν. 
Καὶ ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. 
Ἀμήν.
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PISTEUW EIS hENA QEON, PATERA, PANTOKRATORA, POIHTHN OURANOU KAI GHS, hORATWN TE PANTWN KAI AORATWN.
.
KAI EIS hENA KURION IHSOUN XRISTON, TON hUION TOU QEOU TON MONOGENH, TON EK TOU PATROS GENNHQENTA PRO PANTWN TWN AIWNWN; 
FWS EK FWTOS, QEON ALHQINON EK QEOU ALHQINOU, GENNHQENTA OU POIHQENTA, hOMOOUSION TWi PATRI, DI' hOU TA PANTA EGENETO.
TON DI' hHMAS TOUS ANQRWPOUS KAI DIA THN hHMETERAN SWTHRIAN KATELQONTA EK TWN OURANWN KAI SARKWQENTA
EK PNEUMATOS hAGIOU KAI MARIAS THS PARQENOU KAI ENANQRWPHSANTA.
STAURWQENTA TE hUPER hHMWN EPI PONTIOU PILATOU, KAI PAQONTA KAI TAFENTA.
KAI ANASTANTA THi TRITHi hHMERAi KATA TAS GRAFAS.
KAI ANELQONTA EIS TOUS OURANOUS KAI KAQEZOMENON EK DECIWN TOU PATROS.
KAI PALIN ERXOMENON META DOCHS KRINAI ZWNTAS KAI NEKROUS, hOU THS BASILEIAS OUK ESTAI TELOS.
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KAI EIS TO PNEUMA TO hAGION, TO KURION, TO ZWOPOION,
TO EK TOU PATROS EKPOREUOMENON, 
TO SUN PATRI KAI hUIWi SUMPROSKUNOUMENON KAI SUNDOCAZOMENON,
TO LALHSAN DIA TWN PROFHTWN.
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EIS MIAN, hAGIAN, KAQOLIKHN KAI APOSTOLIKHN EKKLHSIAN.
hOMOLOGW hEN BAPTISMA EIS AFESIN hAMARTIWN.
PROSDOKW ANASTASIN NEKRWN.
KAI ZWHN TOU MELLONTOS AIWNOS.
AMHN.
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Note that this is the Nicene Creed, not the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed which has the double procession of the Spirit.
 .george
gfsomsel


… search for truth, hear truth, 
learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth, 
defend the truth till death.


- Jan Hus
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----- Original Message ----
From: John Wilking <jcwilking at yahoo.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 4:42:02 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Creed of Nicaea change in gender


Can anyone shed light on why there is a change in gender in the creed,
OUSIAS/hOMOOUSION?

EK THS OUSIAS TOU PATROS...hOMOOUSION TWi PATRI

John C. Wilking


      
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