What is essential Christian doctrine?

Answer 1

The Apostle's Creed was the first confession of faith that new believers recited when they were baptized in the early church. Here it is:

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.

Another creed expanding on these truths was developed after the Council of Nicea in the 4th century. It is known as the Nicene Creed:

We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.

These are the essential historic Christian faith.

Answer 2

"Central doctrines" of the Christian faith are those doctrines that make the Christian faith Christian and not something else.

1* The meaning of the expression "Christian faith" is not like a wax nose, which can be twisted to mean whatever the speaker wants it to mean.

2* The Christian faith is a definite system of beliefs with definite content (Jude 3)

3* Certain Christian doctrines constitute the core of the faith. Central doctrines include the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the bodily resurrection, the atoning work of Christ on the cross, and salvation by grace through faith. These doctrines so comprise the essence of the Christian faith that to remove any of them is to make the belief system non-Christian.

4* Scripture teaches that the beliefs mentioned above are of central importance (e.g., Matt. 28:19; John 8:24; 1 Cor. 15; Eph. 2:8-10).

5* Because these central doctrines define the character of Christianity, one cannot be saved and deny these.

6* Central doctrines should not be confused with peripheral issues, about which Christians may legitimately disagree.

Peripheral (i.e. non-essential) doctrines include such issues as the timing of the tribulation, the method of baptism, or the structure of church government. For example, one can be wrong about the identity of "the spirits in prison" 1 Peter 3:19) or about the timing of the rapture and still go to heaven, but one cannot deny salvation by grace or the deity of Christ (John 8:24) and be saved.

7* All Christian denominations — whether Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, or Protestant — agree on the essential core. The relatively minor disagreements between genuinely Christian denominations, then, cannot be used to argue that there is no objectively recognized core of fundamental doctrine which constitutes the Christian faith.

Answer 3

Mark 16:15,16 Go ye into all the world and preach the GOSPEL to every creature, He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, he that believeth not shall be damned.
Christian Doctrine is the Gospel according to Jesus Christ.
God's Holy Inspired Word is the only doctrine we are to obey.
Galatians 1:8,9 ---- But though we, or an angel from heaven , preach any oth gospel unto you than that which we (the apostles) have preached unto you, Let him be accursed.


Christian Doctrine is the Gospel
Hear--Romans 10:17
Believe--Mark 16:15,16 Hebrews 11:1,6
Repent---Luke 13:3,5 ; Acts 17:30
Confess--Romans 10:9,10
Immersed in Baptism--Romans 6:1,2,3,4; Col. 2:12; Acts 8:35-39

Live a Christian life and worship God as commanded.
First day of every week (Sunday)
SING,PRAY,LEARN THROUGH PREACHING,GIVE,LORD'S SUPPER. This is how God tells us to worship him.
Acts 20:7;
Matthew 26:26,27,28
1 Corinthians 11:23-28
( NO MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE WORSHIP SERVICE
Ephesians 5:19
1 Corinthians 14:15
Colossians 3:16
Singing is required of all in the worship service, not just a CHOSEN few. We are to ALL SING and worship together.

Christian in PA

Answer 4

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, light from light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.

Apostles Creed
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father [and the Son],
who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy universal and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:

Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended into hell. [See Calvin]

The third day He arose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.

Answer 5

Look up the Apostle's Creed. It will give you what basic Christian doctrine is.

Answer 6

"This means everlastting life, their taking in knowledge of you the only true God and of the one whom you sent forth Jesus Christ." John 17:3. You need to know God and Jesus accurately. Some believe that God is fractioned into three parts. Others don't. The ones who are wrong aren't worshipping him accurately. I don't believe in the Trinity.

Answer 7

Incarnation
Virgin Birth
Trinity
Vicarious Atonement for our sins.
Bodily Resurrection.

Basically....the Nicene Creed.

Answer 8

The New Testament.

Answer 9

Well, I learned doctrine in Theology I, II, and III.
Where do I start?

Answer 10

God is real

Jesus Christ is God

God is Tri:Father,Son(Jeus),Holy Spirit

God has no bounds

All things are possible with God

Only Jesus Christ give you salvation