The following scripture passages are considered by many to be creeds or declarations of faith. These are taken from both Lieth’s and Schaff’s books: Deut. 6:4: Hear O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD alone. 1 Kings 18:39:…
Read moreA creed generally emphasizes the beliefs opposing those errors that the compilers of the creed think most dangerous at the time. The Creed of the Council of Trent, which was drawn up by the Roman Catholics in the 1500’s, emphasized…
Read moreThe Nicene Creed is the most widely accepted and used brief statements of the Christian Faith. In liturgical churches, it is said every Sunday as part of the Liturgy. It is Common Ground to East Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans,…
Read moreThe Athanasian Creed originated and grew out of several provincial synods, held chiefly in the city of Alexandria around the year 361, and presided over by St. Athanasius. The creed itself may not have been written by Athanasius or during…
Read moreFollowing, then, the holy fathers, we unite in teaching all men to confess the one and only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. This selfsame one is perfect both in deity and in humanness; this selfsame one is also actually God…
Read moreThe Council of Orange was an outgrowth of the controversy between Augustine and Pelagius. This controversy had to do with degree to which a human being is responsible for his or her own salvation, and the role of the grace…
Read moreThe Second Council of Constantinople was called to resolve certain questions that were raised by the Definition of Chalcedon, the most important of which had to do with the unity of the two natures, God and man, is Jesus Christ.…
Read moreThird Council of Constantinople This council further clarified the Definition of Chalcedon, dealing with the question of whether the two natures of Jesus Christ (God and man) had two separate wills as well. The issue was important because of the…
Read moreWhich Was Submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg in the Year 1530. by Philip Melanchthon, 1497-1560 Preface to the Emperor Charles V. Most Invincible Emperor, Caesar Augustus, Most Clement Lord: Inasmuch as Your Imperial…
Read moreThe oldest of the doctrinal standards of the Christian Reformed Church is the Confession of Faith, popularly known as the Belgic Confession, following the seventeenth-century Latin designation “Confessio Belgica.” “Belgica” referred to the whole of the Netherlands, both nort…
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Sixteen noted Christian leaders and scholars apply the Ten Commandments to American life.
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Explodes the myths of the liberal critics and the movies, books and television programs that have popularized their views.