Nicene Creed Help

[Waynec]

I was told that in order for me to be a Catholic I needed to beleive what is stated in the Nicene Creed which I do.
The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass yet it isn’t mentioned in the Creed??? Am I missing it?

Thanks

 

[Babaganoush]

It isn’t mentioned because there was no dispute over the Eucharist in the early church. The creed is focused on the Trinity; it is what we believe about God.

 

[Waynec]

Thanks a bunch

 

[awesomecatholic]

The creed is focused on the Holy Trinity. In the earlier centuries there was no debates over the Eucharist. The creed is also based on our beliefs about God.

 

[Hodos]

Feel free to reference the Apostle’s Creed then.

 

[Todd_Easton]

The Nicene Creed gives only a subset of all the Catholic truths you need to believe to be a Catholic. If you are looking for a fuller expression of those truths that mentions the Eucharist, you could look at Pope Paul VI’s Credo of the People of God.

 

[Gorgias]

The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass yet it isn’t mentioned in the Creed??? Am I missing it?

Yes, you are. In the Creed, you say, “[I believe] in one holy catholic and apostolic Church”. It’s the Church that teaches about the “source and summit”, and you’ve expressed your belief in the Church, so there you go.

(BTW – you’re misquoting Lumen gentium. The quote is that the Eucharistic sacrifice (not the Eucharist itself) is the source and summit of the Christian life (not of the Mass).)

 

[Waynec]

Thanks.
Actually I wasn’t quoting at all. That is just what I was taught.

 

[Gorgias]

Actually I wasn’t quoting at all. That is just what I was taught.

Fascinating! OK, then – either you were taught incorrectly, or you recall what you were taught inaccurately. Either way, it’s all good – the “source and summit” language is good stuff… but it’s important to know it accurately!