List of Christian creeds
Christianity has through Church history produced a number of Christian creeds, confessions and statements of faith. The following lists are provided.
In many cases, individual churches will address further doctrinal questions in a set of bylaws. Smaller churches see this as a formality, while churches of a larger size build this to be a large document describing the practical functioning of the church.
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Biblical Creeds
See also: Faithful saying
- Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9; 1 Corinthians 12:3)
- Pre-New Testament Creeds in the New Testament (1 Timothy 2:5, Phil 2:6-11, 1 Timothy 3:16)[1]
Ecumenical and Historic Christian Creeds
| Creed | Date | Accepted by | Original name | Notes | Link to text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apostles' Creed | 120-250 | Western Church | Lat.: Symbolum Apostolorum or Symbolum Apostolicum | Product of the Roman Christians around A.D.180, who developed an early form of the Apostles' Creed, possibly to critique Marcion. |  "Apostles' Creed". |
| Creed of Nicaea | 325 | Ecumenical Church | Product of the first ecumenical council in Nicaea which tried to solve the Arian controversy.[2] | ||
| Nicene Creed (Nicaea-Constantinopolitan Creed) | 381 | Ecumenical Church | Expansion and revision of the 325 Creed of Nicaea (includes new section on Holy Spirit). It is the most widely accepted Christian creed.
It critiques apollinarism and a later addition, the Filioque clause, resulted in disagreement between Eastern Christianity and Western Christianity. |
"Nicene Creed". | |
| Chalcedonian Creed | 451 | Council of Chalcedon | Nearly all Christian denominations (except Oriental Orthodoxy, the Assyrian Church of the East, and much of Restorationism) | ||
| Athanasian Creed | 500 | Western Christian denominations | Lat.: Quicumque vult | The origin of this creed is uncertain, but it is widely used in various Christian denominations. | "Athanasian Creed". |
Local and Regional Creeds of the Early Church
- The Creed of Aristides of Athens (100s)
- The Didache (60-150)
- The Creed of Cyprian of Carthage (250)
- The Der Balyzeh Papyrus (200-350)
- The Creeds of Arius and Euzoius (320 and 327)
- The Creed of Alexander of Alexandria (321-324)
- The First Synod of Antioch (325)
- The Second Dedication of Antioch (341)
- The Baptismal Creed of Jerusalem (350)
- The Apostolic Constitutions (350-380)
Interdenominational Creeds
- Confessing Church (1934), the Confessing Church of Germany speaking against the Nazi "German Christians".
- World Evangelical Alliance Statement of Faith
- National Association of Evangelicals Statement of Faith (1943)
- Anglican-Lutheran Pullach Report (1972)
- Brief Statement of Faith (1983)
- Common Christological Declarations Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East (1994)
Modern Ecumenical Creeds
- The Call to Unity, Lausanne (1927)
- The Scheme of Union of the Church of South India (1929/1942)
- The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Edinburgh (1937)
- Affirmation of Union, Edinburgh (1937)
- The Constitution of the Church in South India (1947)
- Message of the First Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1948)
- The Unity We Have and Seek (1952)
- A Message from the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1954)
- The Unity of the Church, St. Andrews (1960)
- The Church's Unity, World Council of Churches, New Delhi (1961)
- The Holy Spirit and the Catholicity of the Church, Uppsala (1968)
- What Unity Requires, Nairobi (1975)
- Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry, Lima (1982)
- Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion (1993)
Creeds of Major Denominations
Adventists
- Pillars of Adventism (1848)
- Adventist Baptismal Vow (1941)
- 28 Fundamental Beliefs (Adventist) (1980)
Anabaptist/Mennonite
- Hans Denchk's confession Before the Council of Nuremberg (1525)
- The Schleitheim Confession (1527)
- The [Mennonite] Concept of Cologne (1591)
- The Dordrecht Confession (1632)
Anglican/English
- The Anglican Catechism (1549/1662)
- Thirty-Nine Articles (1563)
- Lambeth Articles (1595)
- Affirmation of St. Louis (1977)
Arminian
Five Articles of Remonstrance (1610)
Assemblies of God
Baptist
Further information: List of Baptist confessions
- Thomas Helwys Confession of Faith (1611)
- The Philadelphia Confession (1688)
- New Hampshire Confession of Faith (1833)
- The Free-will Baptist Confession (1868)
- Abstract Principles for Southern Baptist Seminary (1858)
- The Doctrinal Basis of the New Zealand Baptist Union (1882)
- Doctrinal Basis of the Baptist Union of Victoria, Australia (1888)
- The Statement of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland (1888)
- 1644 Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith 1677/1689 (cross-listed under "Reformed," being nearly identical to the Westminster Confession)
- The Orthodox Creed (1678) of the General Baptists
- The Statement of Faith of the American Baptist Association (1905)
- Johann Kargel's Confession (1913)
- Baptist Faith and Message (1925) Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
- The Doctrinal Statement of the North American Baptist Association (1950)
- Baptist Faith and Message 1964 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
- Baptist Affirmation of Faith 1966, Strict Baptist Assembly
- Romanian Baptist Confession (1974)
- The Statement of Beliefs of the North American Baptist Conference (1982)
- Baptist Faith and Message 2000 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
Christian Church - Disciples of Christ
Congregational
- The Cambridge Platform (1648; is also considered "Puritan")
- Savoy Declaration 1658 (cross-listed under "Reformed," being nearly identical to the Westminster Confession)
- The Declaration of the Congregational Union of England (1833)
- The Declaration of the Boston National Council (1865)
- The Declaration of the Oberlin National Council (1871)
- The "Commission" Creed of the Congregational Church (1883/1913)
Eastern Orthodox
- Doctrine of the African Orthodox Church 1921
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Unaltered Augsburg Confession, 1520[3]
- Creeds on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Website
Lutheran
- The Ninety-Five Theses (1517)
- Augsburg Confession (1530)
- The Apology of the Augusburg Confession (1531)
- Apology of the Augsburg Confession (1530 Lutheran Response to Confutatio Augustana)
- Book of Concord (1580)
- Saxon Visitation Articles (1592)
- The Reaffirmed Consensus of the Trinity Lutheran Faith (1655)
- The Definite Platform (1855)
Methodist
- Articles of Religion 1784
- The Scripture Way of Salvation 1765
- Minutes of Some Late Conversations 1744
Pentecostal/Assemblies of God
- The Statement of Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of God (1914)
- Indian Pentecostal Church of God: Statement of Faith
Presbyterian
- Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) (cross-listed under "Reformed" below)
- The Confession of the Waldenses (1655)
- The Confession of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1814/1883)
- The Confession of the Free Evangelical Church of Geneva (1848)
- The Confession of the Free Italian Church (1870)
- The Auburn Declaration (1837)
- Auburn Affirmation (PCUSA) (1924)
- Book of Confessions (PCUSA)[part 1; Second Edition 1970]
- The Creed of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Chile (1983)
- Living Faith; A statement of Christian Belief (PCC) (1984)
Puritan Congregational
- Cambridge Platform (1648)
Quaker
- The Confession of the Society of Friends 1675
Reformed
- The Sixty-seven Articles of Ulrigh Zwingli (1523)
- The Evangelical Counsel of Ansbach (1524)
- Ten Conclusions of Berne (1528)
- First Helvetic Confession (1536)
- The Consensus of Geneva (1552)
- First Scotch Confession (1560)
- Craig's Catechism (1581)
- Second Helvetic Confession (1586)
- Gallican Confession (1559)
- Belgic Confession (1561)
- Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
- The Hungarian Confession (1570)
- Second Scotch Confession (1580)
- Irish Articles (1615)
- Canons of Dordt (1618-19)
- Westminster Confession of Faith 1646 (cross-listed under "Presbyterian" above)
- Savoy Declaration 1658 (cross-listed under "Congregational")
- Helvetic Consensus (1675)
- 1689 Second London Confession of Faith (1677/1689) (cross-listed under "Baptist," being alternatively known as the "Second Baptist Confession")
- Walcheren Articles (1693)
- Cambridge Declaration (1996)
Roman Catholic
- The Edict of Michael Cerularius and of the Synod of Constantinople of 1054 (1054)
- The Dictatus Papae of Pope Gregory VII (1075)
- The Synod of Constantinople (1341)
- The Synod of Constantinople (1347)
- The Synod of Constantinople (1351)
- The Synod of Constantinople (1691)
- The Synod of Constantinople (1838)
- The Council of Constance (1414-18)
- Confutatio Augustana (1530 Catholic Response to Augsburg Confession)
- Decrees of the Council of Trent (1563)
- Tridentine Creed - Profession of Faith of Pius IV (1564)
- Cum Occasione of Pope Innocent X (1653)
- The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854)
- The Vatican Council-First Dogmatic Constitution of the Church of Christ (1870)
- The Dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1950)
- Vatican II Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (1964)
- Credo of the People of God Profession of Faith of Paul VI (1968)
- Common Declaration of Pope John Paul II and [Armenian] Catholicos Karekin I (1996)
- Ad Tuendam Fidem of Pope John Paul II 1998
United Church of Canada
- A New Creed (1968)
United Church of Christ
United Methodist
Creeds of Sects or Small Denominations or Christian Groups
American Fundamentalist Evangelical
- Doctrinal Statement of the Evangelical Theological Society (1949, 1990)
- Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy 1978
- Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics 1983
- Danvers Statement 1988
Amish
Main article: Church of the Brethren
The denomination holds the New Testament as its only creed.
Holy Ghost Fathers
- Maasai Creed 1960
Huguenots
Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
- "Address" by Oliver Cowdery (Messenger and Advocate 1(1), October 1834, p. 2)
- Wentworth letter (1842)
- Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints) (1880)
- 1890 Manifesto
- Second Manifesto (1904)
- 1978 Revelation on Priesthood
- The Family: A Proclamation to the World (1995)
- The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles (2000)
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Salvation Army
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
Waldensian Evangelical Church
See also
References
- ↑ Pelikan, Jaroslav (2003). Credo. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 133. ISBN 0300109741.
- ↑ The Council of Nicaea: Purposes and Themes
- ↑ ELCA Constitution, Chapter 2. http://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Constitutions_of_the_ELCA_April_2015.pdf
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