the creeds.

so i need to get better at having a scheduled for posting on here, but se la vi. anyway today i am going to talk about the creeds. these are documents that were drawn up by the early church to combat the ever growing danger of err in teaching by individual clerics, and spreading heresy.  these documents spell out in irrefutable dental our faith in it's purest form. the first creed that was published is the apostle's creed, and it reads thus.

We believe in God, the Father Almighty,
    the Maker of heaven and earth,
    and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:

Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
    born of the virgin Mary,
    suffered under Pontius Pilate,
    was crucified, dead, and buried;

He descended into hell. 

The third day He arose again from the dead;

He ascended into heaven,
    and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
    from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost;
    the holy catholic church;
    the communion of saints;
    the forgiveness of sins;
    the resurrection of the body;
    and the life everlasting.

Amen.

now this is of course the first,and most important because it has not changed in literal 2000 years. it has helped us recognize heresy, and just gives us a basic understanding of our faith. now there are a few things that are commonly changed i christian theology even thought they are spelled out in the creed.i am not going to go into all of these, but i am going to say that when a pastor of any church decides to start saying this creed with his congregation he should not change "one holy Catholic Church" to "one holy Christian Church". this is simply an attempt to force"reformation theology" (which don't get me wrong is not a bad thing in many respects) on the apostles.  when we say "Catholic" we do not miserableness mean the Catholic Church, but rather the universal Church that is the bride of Christ our king. 



the second creed to be published is the creed of  Chalcedon.

Creed of Chalcedon

We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man, of a reasonable [rational] soul and body; consubstantial [co-essential] with the Father according to the Godhead, and consubstantial with us according to the Manhood; in all things like unto us, without sin; begotten before all ages of the Father according to the Godhead, and in these latter days, for us and for our salvation, born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, according to the Manhood; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only begotten, to be acknowledged in two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the unity, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence, not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son, and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; as the prophets from the beginning [have declared] concerning him, and the Lord Jesus Christ himself has taught us, and the Creed of the holy Fathers has handed down to us.



this creed was released to fight the heresy's that taught that Christ our lord was either only a man, or only God, such as Arianism. 


the third creed to be released was the Nicene creed.

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen. 
We 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,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with 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. 
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen. 



this was simply a reiteration of the information it the previous two creeds. 






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yours in Christ the king Malachi Holmes.