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 …
No creed but the Bible
The first of a series of posts about religious creeds and confessions. Creeds as we know them do not occur in Scripture. They began to appear toward the end of the first century and the beginning of the second century of the common era. Gradually, creeds adopted a standard trinitarian form and became more complex …
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