CREED

CREED-The most important symbols of our

faith.

It is the profession of our Christian

faith or what we believe at.
History of the CREED
-As the Christian church spreads
throughout the Roman old in the 1st century
and as the first leaders died, there was a
need for the Church to have a basic
statement of beliefs, as false teachers and
false beliefs penetrates inside the Church.
Some of the Churches had a few books of
the New Testament, perhaps some of the
letters of St. Paul, or none of the four
gospels…but NONE of the Churches had a
complete New Testament….they needed a
standard to judge whether a teaching was
TRUTH or a heresy.
-The early Christians also realized that
new people didn’t have to know
everything before they could be
baptized and accepted as believers…
the very reason that early Churches
wanted a brief statement of what they
believed is most essential.
Churches in different cities and regions
made their own lists which had many
points in common, since all the
Churches had traditions tracing back to
the apostles in one way or the other.
Irenaeus (200 AD-Greek)
Tertullian (220 AD-Latin, written in North
Africa).
Marcellus (320 AD-Asia Minor)
Rufinos (390 AD-Northern Italy).
Augustine (400 AD-North Africa), and was
standard in Gaul in 650 AD.
Pirminius (750 AD, identical to the current
Creed today-Switzerland).
The Three Parts of the CREED
-The first part…FIRST DIVINE PERSON
-Next…………….SECOND DIVINE PERSON
-Final part……..THIRD DIVINE PERSON
Functions of the CREED
Summary of Beliefs
Pledge of Loyalty
Proclamation of Identity
The 12 Articles of Faith
1. I believe in GOD the Father almighty
creator of heaven and earth
2. And in JESUS CHRIST, His only Son,
our LORD
3. Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
4. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
crucified, died and was buried,
He descended into the dead.
5. On the third day He rose again;
6. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the
right hand of God the Father Almighty
7. He will come again to judge the living
and the dead
8. I believe in the Holy Spirit,
9. The holy Catholic Church, the
communion of saints
10. The forgiveness of sins
11. The resurrection of the body
12. Life everlasting
• The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (325 AD)
I believe in one GOD, the Father, the Almighty
maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen
and unseen
I believe in One Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of
GOD, eternally begotten of the Father, GOD
from GOD, Light from Light, true GOD from
true GOD, begotten, not made…one being
with the Father. Through Him all things were
made.
For us men and for our salvation, He came down
from heaven
…by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT
He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became Man

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate;

He suffered, died, and was buried.

On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the

Scriptures;

He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand

of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the
living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.
• I believe in the HOLY SPRIT, the LORD, the Giver of life
Who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the
Father and the Son (Orthodox…Father to the son)

He is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through

the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic ad apostolic Church

I acknowledge one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the
world to come.
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