During LSM 2025, the community marked the milestone anniversary of the Nicene creed (325 AD) by singing Martin Luther’s credal hymn (ELW 411, LSB 954) as the hymn of the day at the Bach Cantata Eucharist. Luther’s German stanzas—a summary of both the Nicene and Apostles’ creeds—were published in 1523 and 1524. Later, in 1526, he suggested that the congregation could sing this hymn after the Gospel reading in lieu of a Latin creed. Many Lutheran composers wrote settings of this hymn, both as chor