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A creed is a brief statement of faith used to enumerate important truths and to clarify doctrinal points. The word creed comes from the Latin word credo, meaning, "I believe." As the early church spread, there was a practical need for a statement of faith to help believers focus on the most important doctrines of their Christian faith. The Apostles’ Creed is named not because the original apostles wrote it, but because it accurately reflects the teaching of the apostles. As the church grew, heresies also grew, and the early Christians needed to clarify the defining boundaries of the faith. The Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed and the Creed of Chalcedon clarified the teachings regarding the trinity and the divine and human natures of Christ.

Subcategories

• Apostles' Creed
• Athanasian Creed
• Definition of Chalcedon
• Nicene Creed

Resources in This Category

• Common Creeds

  http://www.dtl.org/article/sims/creeds.htm
  Discussion of important Christian creeds from the early centuries.

• Early Church Councils And Creeds

  http://christology101.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/christology-101-early-church-councils-and-creeds.pdf
  A chart and short history of the councils that produced the Nicene Creed and the Chalcedonian Creed.

• Ecumenical Christian Creeds

  http://www.crivoice.org/creedsearly.html
  Statements of the early creeds with a short history of each.

• Overview of Christian Creeds and Beliefs

  http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_beli.htm
  A summary of the main points of the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

• The Ecumenical Creeds

  http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1.iv.html
  A chapter on the Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Creed of Chalcedon and the Athanasian Creed from "Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes" by Philip Schaff.

• The Ecumenical Creeds

  http://www.bible-researcher.com/ecumenical-creeds.html
  English and Latin versions of the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

 

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