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The Catechism in Questions & Answers
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- 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?
33. Which are the most important of the early church creeds?
The two most important early church creeds are the Apostolic Creed (“Apostolicum”) and the Creed of Nicaea-Constantinople.
The basic features of the Apostolicum were compiled in the second century and lightly supplemented in the fourth century. The Creed of Nicaea-Constantinople is the result of the Council of Nicaea (in the year 325 AD) and the Council of Constantinople (in the year 381 AD). The main purpose of this creed was to enshrine the profession of the trinity of God.
A council is an assembly of senior religious dignitaries, who come together to discuss important matters of faith.