[joebuck]

"What were Christians before the Nicene Creed?"

Pretty much the same as after only now they had the Creed to use in battling the heresies of the Gnostics, Donatists, Montanists, etc. etc.

[rface]

Pretty much the same as after only now they had the Creed to use .....

I am not so sure. I do know that it was quite a battle between Christians....back in the day.....to actually come up with a Creed that could more-or-less, be agreed upon.