***Then why do nearly all non-Catholic Christians include the Nicene Creed as part of their worship service? The Nicene Creed explicitly states that baptism IS salfivic.***
Forgive me if I remember incorrectly, Dr. E., but I believe that you once instructed me that the Nicene Creed in your church although recited, is more of a suggestion than doctrine. Can you confirm or deny this?
If that is the case, a few questions come to mind:
1. Is it still called a creed? Because by definition a creed is doctrinal.
2. Are other portions of the worship service considered suggestive only?
3. Why not remove a suggestive profession and replace it with one which actually is doctrinal?
4. Which specific Calvinist document (Westminster Confession of Faith, Institutes, etc.) declares the Nicene Creed to be suggestive rather than doctrinal?
I only ask because I was completely unaware that Calvinism had ever professed the Nicene Creed to be anything other than doctrine.