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Creeds

What are the most import­ant early creeds? What do they say? What can we learn from them? The Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed and the Ath­anas­i­an Creed

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Apostles’ Creed

The Apostles’ Creed out­lines core Chris­ti­an beliefs like the Trin­ity, Jesus’ vir­gin birth, his death and resur­rec­tion, and the Church. How­ever, its spe­cif­ic con­tent and phras­ing were likely shaped as a response to Gnostic teachings.

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“Ath­anas­i­an” Creed

The so-called “Ath­anas­i­an Creed” sum­mar­izes the out­comes of the debates and coun­cils con­cern­ing the Trin­ity and the nature of Jesus.