Faith & Life Grade 7 · Chapter 7 · Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Nicaea and the Creed We Pray
In the early 300s, a priest named Arius taught that Jesus was not truly God. The bishops of the world gathered at Nicaea in 325 to answer him. Their answer is still prayed at every Sunday Mass.
Explore the idea
Pass out copies of the Nicene Creed if you can. Answer each question, then find the words in the Creed that match it.
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Discuss the connection
Saint Athanasius kept defending the truth even when it seemed everyone was against him. When might you need that kind of courage?
An original interactive exercise for Faith & Life Grade 7, Chapter 7 (“Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”). Grounded in Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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