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Definition: creed from Collins English Dictionary

n

1 a concise, formal statement of the essential articles of Christian belief, such as the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed

2 any statement or system of beliefs or principles

[Old English crēda, from Latin crēdo I believe]

› ˈcreedal or ˈcredal adj


creed

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
[Lat. credo =I believe], summary of basic doctrines of faith. The following are historically important Christian creeds. The Nicene Creed, beginning, “I believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord Jesus Christ … .” It is usually described as a revision by the First Council of Constantinople (381) of the creed adopted at Nicaea in 325. In the Western Church since the 9th cent. it has differed from the original by the addition of the Filioque clause: “And in the Holy Ghost … Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son  … .” (“qui ex Patre Filioque procedit … .”). Over this addition there has been a long controversy between the Orthodox Eastern and Roman Catholic churches. The Nicene Creed is a traditionally authoritative creed of Orthodox Eastern, Roman Catholic, and some Protestant churches. The Athanasian Creed was probably composed, not by Athanasius himself, but by an unknown author(s) in the fifth cent. …
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Full text Article Creeds

From Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology
In a number of documents from the late fourth century we find a story that the apostles gathered together as they were about to take leave of each other and set out to convert the world. In order to protect them from teaching different doctrines in different places, the Holy Spirit fills them and…
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Full text Article creed

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
[Lat. credo =I believe], summary of basic doctrines of faith. The following are historically important Christian creeds. The Nicene Creed, beginning, “I believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord Jesus Christ … .” It is…
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From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Catholicism
Latin: credo , “to believe,” “to have faith in,” “to trust.” A creed is a short statement that summarizes the foundational principles of one's faith. The term in Greek for “creed” is symbolon . The standard Christian creed, after stating “I/We believe in God,” is divided into three articles…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
In general, any system of belief; in the Christian church the verbal confessions of faith expressing the accepted doctrines of the church. The different forms are the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed , and the Athanasian Creed . The only creed recognized by the Orthodox Church is the Nicene Creed. …
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Full text Article CREED

From Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
British naturalist It is necessary, even in the study of Natural Science, to have something of the nature of a creed, an abiding belief in some fixed principle, which may regulate and give coherence to the mass of information and ideas which we accumulate in the course of our studies. Without such a…
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Full text Article APOSTLES’ CREED

From Global Dictionary of Theology
Along with the Athanasian Creed and Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, the Apostles’ Creed is one of the three ecumenical symbols of the Western church. It is widely considered to be the greatest, most succinct summary of the Christian faith. The Apostles’ Creed is so named because of its legendary…
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Full text Article Nicene Creed

From Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology
The formula conventionally known as the Nicene (or Niceno-Constantinopolitan) Creed seems in fact to have been composed at the first Council of Constantinople (381), though the earliest official record of the text dates only from the Council of Chalcedon (451). Though it shares certain textual…
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Full text Article Athanasian Creed

From Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology
Also known as the Quicunque vult after the first two words of the Latin original, the Athanasian Creed is commonly counted as one of the three great ecumenical creeds , though it has never secured the liturgical prominence of the Apostles ’ or the Nicene Creeds , and its inclusion of the filioque…
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Full text Article Apostles’ Creed

From Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology
So named because of a legend attributing its composition to the twelve apostles , the text now known as the Apostles’ Creed originated in what is now south-western France in the late sixth or early seventh century. It is a modified version of the so-called Old Roman Creed, which dates from the early…
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Full text Article Religious Creed

From Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
The religious creed ( ʿAqida , from the Arabic ʿ-q-d , meaning “to bind” or “to tie”) is a formulation of cardinal beliefs in the Islamic faith that is sometimes—somewhat erroneously—translated as “dogma.” The Qurʾan affirms the centrality of belief in one God, who has no partner, and in the message…
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