Iscool:
I know you and I have been in threads before, and I have asked you this question before, and I don’t think you have ever answered. Just what Christian Tradition/church do you belong to. The point of the thread, at least my take on it, was “What is the point of Creeds” and while you have posted some polemics about Catholicism, a friendly suggestion to you would be respond to the topic, which is the Creed. Others here, who are not Catholic, have done a good job on that point, including some of the Protestant Posters in the the thread.
The Creed is a dogmatic statement of faith and clarifies the disputes about the who Christ is [Christological questions] and defines the Holy Trinity. Thus, for Catholics, and Eastern Orthodox, the Creeds are part of Apostolic Tradition, as is Sacred Scripture.
So what is your view of the Creed, which is the topic of the thread, and your particular church tradition’s view of it?
The only creed at my church is the Gospel as found in the scriptures...
I see where a creed can be useful to identify what a specific church believes and teaches...Especially when talking to someone not from your church...
I for one wouldn’t attend a church that claimed the church was Catholic...They would have to change the word to universal...
I have attended churches where the apostles’s creed was recited...
I feel that if a person has to recite the church’s creed on a daily or weekly basis to remind themselves where they are or what they are, their Christianity is weak and in trouble at the least...
I don’t need to remind myself of my Christianity by repeating a creed...
Perhaps reciting a creed is is like giving an oath to a church...I don’t need to do that either...God already knows what’s in my heart...