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To: Salvation

Always good to remind and or educate people in the Creeds.
The Apostles, Nicene, Athanasian Creeds are also said in the LCMS Lutheran Church.


8 posted on 08/09/2008 2:43:28 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Don't Blame Me - I Supported Duncan Hunter)
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To: SoCalPol
Luther's explanation of the Articles of the (Apostles') Creed from the Small Catechismposted here without the questions so as to form a single statement of faith:

I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my limbs, my reason, and all my senses, and still preserves them; in addition thereto, clothing and shoes, meat and drink, house and homestead, wife and children, fields, cattle, and all my goods; that He provides me richly and daily with all that I need to support this body and life, protects me from all danger, and guards me and preserves me from all evil; and all this out of pure, fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me; for all which I owe it to Him to thank, praise, serve, and obey Him. This is most certainly true.

I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned creature, purchased and won [delivered] me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil, not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death, in order that I may be [wholly] His own, and live under Him in His kingdom, and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness, even as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity. This is most certainly true.

I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Ghost has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith; even as He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian Church on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith; in which Christian Church He forgives daily and richly all sins to me and all believers, and at the last day will raise up me and all the dead, and will give to me and to all believers in Christ everlasting life. This is most certainly true.

9 posted on 08/09/2008 6:41:35 PM PDT by lightman (Waiting for Godot and searching for Avignon)
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To: SoCalPol

I knew about the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed but wasn’t aware that the Athanasian creed was also accepted in the Lutheran Church. Thanks for educating me.


14 posted on 08/09/2008 7:58:54 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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