OT: Humorous discrepancy in a Logos product

Evidence 1:

From the website Spurgeon.org (http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/creeds/nicene.htm)

The
Nicene Creed is the most widely accepted and used brief statements of
the Christian Faith. In liturgical churches, it is said every Sunday as
part of the Liturgy. It is Common Ground to East Orthodox, Roman
Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists, and many other Christian
groups. Many groups that do not have a tradition of using it in their
services nevertheless are committed to the doctrines it teaches.

Evidence 2:

Prior to The Da Vinci Code, you would have been hardpressed to find many conversant with the Nicene Creed.

Stephen J. Nichols, For Us and for Our Salvation: The Doctrine of Christ in the Early Church (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2007).

Conclusion:

80% of Christianity is less than many Big Smile

This fits in with my favorite syllogism (formal logical form):

A doughnut is better than nothing.

Nothing is better than heaven.

Therefore a doughnut is better than heaven. Wink

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DominicM

Prior to The Da Vinci Code, you would have been hardpressed to find many conversant with the Nicene Creed.

Stephen J. Nichols, For Us and for Our Salvation: The Doctrine of Christ in the Early Church (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2007).

Conclusion:

80% of Christianity is less than many

I dont even remember the Nicene creed in that film, if I dont I recall it, I reckon most of who watched it still wont be conversant either..

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/290578#Comment_290578

I, too, doubt that Brown didn't much to make people more aware of the Nicene Creed - book or film.

Robert Pavich

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/290579#Comment_290579

In my experience, just the mention of the Council of Nicea and the professor in the film/book mentioning it caused people to parrot Dan Brown's party line.

It's not that they had knowledge of the Council, but now they had some "soundbyte" to parrot in their rebellion of Christianity...that's about as deep as most people go with this stuff...just enough to add another "brick in the wall".

Paul Golder

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/290584#Comment_290584

In my experience, just the mention of the Council of Nicea and the professor in the film/book mentioning it caused people to parrot Dan Brown's party line. It's not that they had knowledge of the Council...

I know what you mean Bob, sort of like: "I've heard about that "Nicea" thing in church before, Dan Brown must be right..."

Harbey Santiago

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/290624#Comment_290624

I think the saddest part is that if you mention Arianism people will have no idea of what you are talking about, but if you say that "some people believe that at one time Jesus was not God" they would say "Yep, that's what The Davici Code exposed, and the Church has always tried to suppress for twenty centuries!". [8-)]

"Viva Cristo Rey!!"

Deacon Harbey Santiago

Archdiocese of Baltimore