Matthias Stom, “The Evangelists St Mark and St Luke,” c.1635. Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. As I said in the first post in this series, none of the churches I attended as a child affirmed creeds or confessions of faith. The Bible alone was said to be our rule of faith. While I remain grateful for the spiritual …
What is a creed?
The second in a series of posts about religious creeds and confessions. A creed is a short formal statement expressing religious truth. The English word “creed” derives from the Latin credo, “I believe.” This implies both assent to concepts and trust or reliance upon the implications of such concepts. A creed, therefore, is firstly a personal confession of faith, and a personal …