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only one of these three Creeds in use among the Nestorians is the Nicene. This differs from that of the Western Church in its omission of the , and the part added by the council of Constantinople, as has already been observed under Art. V.

The Creed known as the Athanasian, is found in none of the Nestorian rituals, nor have I heard of its existence in any of their theological writings. The Patriarch Mar Shimoon on reading it said that the only objection against it was the declaration of the Spirit's procession from the and the, and the sentence "one altogether; not by confusion of substance, but by unity of Person;" and believing it to be the work of Athanasius he pointed out to me the following extract from the Gezza, appointed for the commemoration of the Greek Doctors, in which that saint is recorded:—"With the silver of the Spirit the zealous Fathers became teachers in the ocean of the world, being directed in the right way, the way of the Star, which is , and attained at last unto that blessedness which fadeth not away.—They are Saint Ignatius, Polycarp, Athanasius, Eustathius, Miletus, Flavian, Gregory, Basil, John [Chrysostom,]