History
A very long time ago, some people, called Arians, decided
that Jesus wasn’t God after all. This is what’s called a heresy, a false
teaching. The Arians convinced other Christians to agree with them, so it was a
big problem. Saint Eusebius to a council where both sides were supposed to
discuss the problem, but the Arians did not want to listen. Saint Eusebius
stood up to them and slapped a copy of the Nicene Creed down on the table, because
it had already been accepted by the Church as true and correct…and because it
directly contradicted what the Arians claimed. For this, Eusebius was driven
out of the country, tortured, starved for four days, and thrown in prison
several times, but he worked hard for the rest of his life to defend the truth.
Activity
Every Sunday at Mass, we stand together and recite the Nicene Creed.
It’s the perfect statement of what our faith is all about. But we don’t have
to wait until Sunday. Pray the Creed together as a family right now.
Saint Eusebius, pray for us!
More reading for parents:
Nicene Creed at USCCB.org
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