Orthodox clergymen affirmed that He was of the Father's
Very Substance – “Oomoosios”.
The Council, then, selected three members to word
the Creed, and they were Alexandros, Pope of the See of
Alexandria, his deacon Athanasius who had so
distinguished himself and Leontius, Bishop of Caesarea in
Cappadocia: namely two Egyptians and the third a Syrian.
The three agreed that the Creed must affirm the
divinity of the Son, so as to be the basis of the true
Christian faith of the Church Universal for all time. To
increase its forcefulness, they appended to it a statement
of anathema that would constitute a warning to those who
digressed from the established principles of the Faith, as
Arius had done.
The text worded by the three is as follows:"WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD: THE FATHER
ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH:
THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE.
WE BELIEVE IN ONE LORD, JESUS THE
CHRIST, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, BORN OF
THE FATHER BEFORE ALL AGES; LIGHT OF
LIGHT; VERY GOD OF VERY GOD; BEGOTTEN
NOT CREATED; CONSUBSTANTIAL WITH THE
FATHER; BY WHOM WERE ALL THINGS MADE;
THIS IS HE WHO FOR US HUMANS, AND FOR OUR
SALVATION, CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, AND
WAS MADE MAN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE
VIRGIN MARY; HE WAS INCARNATE; CRUCIFIED
UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, HE SUFFERED, WAS
BURIED, AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD ON THE
THIRD DAY ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES. HE