The Apostles' Creed
The Apostles' Creed was the first creed of the Church:I believe in God, the Father Almighty,the Creator of heaven and earth,and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:Who was conceived of the Holy...
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This is a great foundation!I am not sure of the "board", but I would like to proclaim a deeper understanding of:a) why we need forgiveness of sins, andb) why we call Good Friday---good?Personally, I...
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I was thinking of the same idea, i.e. using the Apostle's Creed as a definition of what is Christian, for a short course I had in mind for teens in our homeschool co-op on Major and Minor Religions...
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Bonnie, you mentioned completeness. It was this issue which caused the church to define the Christian Creed more clearly in more detail. Once heresy began to spring up in places, specific elements...
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In regards to why Good Friday is called "good". I don't know when in history the christian church (if, in fact, that is who it was) started calling this day Good Friday. I believe bibically it was...
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Being an Orthodox Christian I would prefer the Nicean Creed I think, Lori, by stating that the Bible is the "sole and final authority" you would exclude more than just non-Christian groups. Many...
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Lori, I have been thinking about this since the discussion began. Do you happen to know when "sola scriptura" was added to the Christian creed? Was there reference to it before the Reformation?I know...
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What is called the received form of the Apostle's Creed (given above) did not come into general use until the 7th or 8th century. It has a number of additions to the Old Roman form of the Creed -...
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Thank you so much, Tarnya!Just having this discussion has made me much more aware of the Nicene Creed's fitness as a common, foundational creed for all Christians everywhere. I agree that it is better...
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Hello! I'd like to add my 2 cents to this interesting discussion. For many years the name "Good Friday" has been explained to me to be called good because of what Jesus Christ did for us by dying on...
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Gina, how interesting! When we were studying Roman history we also stumbled onto information of this sort. Friday was assigned as the day Jesus was crucified because of the "day of preparation" notes...
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