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The Catechism in Questions & Answers
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- Contents
- 29. What is a creed?
- 30. Are there biblical creeds?
- 31. How did the first Christian creeds come into being?
- 32. Which statements became part of the content of the Christian creeds?
- 33. Which are the most important of the early church creeds?
- 34. What is the text of the Apostolicum?
- 35. What is the text of the Creed of Nicaea-Constantinople?
- 36. What significance do the early church creeds have for the New Apostolic Church?
- 37. What is the text of the New Apostolic Creed?
- 38. How did the New Apostolic Creed come into being?
- 39. What is the significance of the New Apostolic Creed?
- 40. What is the structure of the New Apostolic Creed?
- 41. What is the content of the First Article of Faith?
- 42. What is the content of the Second Article of Faith?
- 43. What is the content of the Third Article of Faith?
- 44. What is the content of the Fourth Article of Faith?
- 45. What is the content of the Fifth Article of Faith?
- 46. What is the content of the Sixth Article of Faith?
- 47. What is the content of the Seventh Article of Faith?
- 48. What is the content of the Eighth Article of Faith?
- 49. What is the content of the Ninth Article of Faith?
- 50. What is the content of the Tenth Article of Faith?
40. What is the structure of the New Apostolic Creed?
The first three Articles of Faith largely correspond to the Apostolicum. They deal with the triune God. The Fourth and Fifth Articles describe the activity of the Apostles, and the Fifth Article also goes on to describe the activity of the other ministers. The Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Articles explain the three sacraments. The content of the Ninth Article of Faith centres on hope for the future (eschatology). The Tenth Article of Faith deals with the Church’s relationship to the authority of the state.
The term ‘eschatology’ denotes the “doctrine of the last things”. This can be related to the future of an individual human being (“personal eschatology”) as well as to the completion of salvation history (“universal eschatology”).