July 17, 2022

Symbol of Faith - Part 4
Nicene Creed

- Fr. Gregory Edwards Ph.D - Dean -


Today, as we celebrate the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical council, Father Gregory appropriately continues his sermon series on the Nicene Creed. Part 3 of this series dealt with who Jesus is, while part 4 speaks about what Jesus did. Father Gregory continues to educate us that the Nicene Creed summarizes Scripture. The Nicene Creed informs the faithful Jesus offers Himself to all humanity. The Divine and human combined to form a single person. Jesus came down from heaven incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man without confusion remaining unchanged. The Nicene Creed acknowledges Jesus as a historical person crucified under a Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, as indicated in Scripture. It confesses that Jesus suffered, was buried, and rose after three days which is taken from the writings of Saint Paul in I Corinthians. The final line covered today reveals that Jesus ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of the Father, and will come again to judge the living and the dead.



The Rev. Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D., was raised in Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania, and became a member of the Orthodox Church while studying for his Bachelor's degree

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The Rev. Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D., was raised in Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania, and became a member of the Orthodox Church while studying for his Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies at Brown University. After completing a Master's Degree in the New Testament and early Christianity at Florida State University, he conducted doctoral studies in Greece at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, graduating summa cum laude in 2012. Ordained in 2007, he served parishes in Thessaloniki and Volos for 9 years. He and his wife Presvytera Pelagia lived in Greece from 2006-2016, where their four children were born. He has served as Assistant Professor of Missiology at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary in New York since 2014. Before coming to Birmingham in March 2019, Fr. Gregory served St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Port Richey, FL from 2016-2019.