Does the Nicene Creed say the Holy Spirit is God?
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Gorgias
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How might you claim it doesn’t? 
“We believe in one God, the Father Almighty… and in one Lord Jesus Christ… and in the Holy Spirit.”
“We believe in one God, the Father Almighty… and in one Lord Jesus Christ… and in the Holy Spirit.”
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RandomAlias
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Much of that describes God, but most of all “Lord” and “adored and glorified.”
“Proceeds from” suggests it is not created, and therefore is God.
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Genesis315
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I’m being pedantic, but technically, the Creed promulgated by the First Council of Nicea did not. The portion quoted by RandomAlias was added at the First Council of Constantinople.
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Spyridon
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No, it does not.
The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed says it, but the original Nicene Creed does not.
The original Nicene Creed of 325 reads thus:
"From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. And in the Holy Ghost. But those who say: ‘There was a time when he was not;’ and ‘He was not before he was made;’ and ‘He was made out of nothing,’ or ‘He is of another substance’ or ‘essence,’ or ‘The Son of God is created,’ or ‘changeable,’ or ‘alterable’— they are condemned by the holy catholic and apostolic Church.
Amen."
The revised Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 reads thus:
"From thence he shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spake by the prophets. In one holy catholic and apostolic Church; we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen."
And the current English version of the NC Creed as translated in 2011 and as prayed in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite reads thus:
"He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins, and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen."
The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed says it, but the original Nicene Creed does not.
The original Nicene Creed of 325 reads thus:
"From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. And in the Holy Ghost. But those who say: ‘There was a time when he was not;’ and ‘He was not before he was made;’ and ‘He was made out of nothing,’ or ‘He is of another substance’ or ‘essence,’ or ‘The Son of God is created,’ or ‘changeable,’ or ‘alterable’— they are condemned by the holy catholic and apostolic Church.
Amen."
The revised Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 reads thus:
"From thence he shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spake by the prophets. In one holy catholic and apostolic Church; we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen."
And the current English version of the NC Creed as translated in 2011 and as prayed in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite reads thus:
"He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins, and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen."
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spiderweb
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Just keep in mind that the original Nicene Creed was formulated to answer the question of the Son. So it is not surprising that the Holy Spirit is not specifically addressed until later formulations.
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