 Thomas Shahan says that, according to Photius too, Pope Damasus approved the council, but he adds that, if any part of the council were approved by this pope, it could have been only its revision of the Nicene Creed, as was the case also when Gregory the Great recognized it as one of the four general councils, but only in its dogmatic utterances.Traditionally, the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed has been associated with the Council of Constantinople (381).It is roughly equivalent to the Nicene Creed plus two additional articles