Ecumenical creeds

Ecumenical creeds

Ecumenical creeds is an umbrella term used in the western church to refer to the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. The ecumenical creeds are also known as the universal creeds. These creeds are accepted by almost all mainstream Christian denominations in the western church, including the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican churches and Lutheran churches. A creed by definition is a summary or statement of what one believes it originates from the Latin "credo" meaning "I Believe."

The Eastern Orthodox Church accepts the Nicene Creed, but does not use the Apostles' Creed or the Athanasian Creed.

The United Methodist Church acceptscite web|url = http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1806| title = Our Common Heritage as Christians |publisher = The United Methodist Church |accessdate = 2007-06-24] the Apostle's Creedcite web|url = http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/bible/apcreed.html| title = The Apostles' Creed |publisher = The United Methodist Church GBGM|accessdate = 2007-06-24] and Nicene Creed,cite web|url = http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/BIBLE/ncreed.html| title = The Nicene Creed |publisher = The United Methodist Church GBGM|accessdate = 2007-06-24] but does not use the Athanasian Creed.cite web|url = http://lamar.colostate.edu/~grjan/methodist_creedal_church.html| title = Is the United Methodist Church a Creedal Church? by G. Richard Jansen |publisher = Colorado State University |accessdate = 2007-06-24]

References

External links

* [http://www.bookofconcord.org/creeds.html The ecumenical creeds in the Book of Concord (the Lutheran confessions of faith)]


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