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A word must here be said about these "articles of our catholic, undoubted Christian faith, generally known as the Apostles' Creed. Its exact origin is unknown. The tradition that gave rise to its name, as if the apostles themselves were the authors of this confession, must be rejected as false. For
"The rule of faith" of the fathers. It was the common faith of the church. It bad not been derived by exegetical labor directly from the scriptures. It had come to the fathers from Christ and His apostles as orally handed down in the unbroken succession of bishops,, and as living in the original apo
The Apostles' Creed which very closely resembles-the Nicene Creed is commonly divided into 12 articles. This is done, for example, by the Heidelberg Catechism in Lord's Day 7, where the Apostles' Creed is called the "articles of our catholic undoubted Christian faith." In like manner it is also poss
However that may be, it is clear that the Apostles' Creed was used by the church already as early as the ninth century; it was used extensively in the church from that time on; and this practice was taken over by the Reformers, although in some instances it was used along with the Nicene Creed. It h
The Apostles' Creed is also appropriate because it covers the main truths of God's Word in a concise and Christ-centered form. It is organized according to the Trinity. The first part concerns God the Father, the second God the Son, and the third God the Holy Spirit. But its main focus is on Christ
and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God, God of God, Light of Light, Life of Life, the only-begotten Son, first-born of all creation, begotten of God the Father before all worlds, through whom also all things were made; who for our salvation was made flesh, and lived his life am
Reformed believers officially confess to believe the apostolicity of the church. The Nicene Creed is one of our official creeds, and in this creed we confess to believe "one holy catholic and apostolic church." Thus it is very important that we understand the meaning of the church's apostolicity,
In the second place, the essential unity of the Old and New Testament is confessed. The Scriptures are one. The revelation of God, as the God of our salvation, as unveiled through the ages, is a complete revelation of the one work of God which He realizes in Christ according to the sovereign good pl