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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?
30. Are there biblical creeds?
Yes, even the Old Testament contains texts that bring common convictions of faith to expression. In one such creed it says: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!” (Deuteronomy 6: 4).
This profession, entitled “Hear, O Israel”, was one that the Israelites expressed together. Thereby they attested their belief in the one God in a time when the nations around them venerated many different gods.
The New Testament contains texts which employ specific formulations expressing that God grants salvation in Jesus Christ.
Examples of such New Testament creeds are:
- “Jesus is the Lord!” (Romans 10: 9);
- “Maranatha” (1 Corinthians 16: 22) = “O Lord, come”
- “The Lord is risen indeed” (Luke 24: 34)
“[...] if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Romans 10: 9-10