The Luciferians (362–c. 400 CE) were a community of Christians that rigorously adhered to the Nicene Creed (Nicaea) and rejected the clemency granted to many bishops at the Council of Alexandria in 362 CE (Alexandria, 04: Councils of). They were persecuted by other Nicene Christians in the 360s and 370s CE; in 383/384 CE, two Luciferian presbyters delivered an extant petition to Theodosius I, who ordered persecution of them to cease.