See Cat. iv. 7; xi.
17. The clause, καὶ
καθίσαντα ἐκ
δεξιῶν τοῦ
Πατρός, does not occur in
the original form of the Nicene Creed, but is found in the Confession
of Faith contained in Const. Apost. c. 41, in the four Eusebian
Confessions of Antioch (341, 2 a.d.), and in
the Macrostichos (344 a.d.). An
equivalent clause is found in the brief Confession of Hippolytus (circ.
220 a.d.) Contra Hæres.
Noeti, c. 1: “καὶ ὄντα ἐν
δεξίᾳ τοῦ
Πατρός,” and in Tertullian,
De Virgin. Veland. c. 1: “Regula quidem Fidei una
omnino est, sola immobilis et irreformabilis,.…sedentem nunc ad
dextram Patris:” de Præscriptione, c
13: “Regula est autem fidei.…sedisse ad
dexteram Patris:” adversus Praxean, c. 2:
“sedere ad dexteram Patris.”