When you recite the Apostolic and Nicene Creeds, do you believe in what you are saying?

Question

APOSTOLIC CREED

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 sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick 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. AMEN.

Here is a link to the Nicene Creed...

http://www.reformed.org/documents/index.html?mainframe=http://www.reformed.org/documents/nicene.html

These Creeds are important in many denominations of Christianity.

What do you think of them?

Answer 1

yes, i can actually feel the holy spirit taking over my body.

Answer 2

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 sitteth 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 proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped 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. Amen.

Yes I do.

Peace and God Bless!

Answer 3

I am catholic and I think they are wonderful> I say the apostles creed every night before bed and it really sums up well the whole adventure of Jesus, Father and of course the Holy Spirit

Answer 4

Exactly where in the Bible does it say Christians must recite or use these creeds???

The Bible teaches against man-made creeds.

"See to it that no one deceives you by philosophy and vain deceit, according to human traditions, according to the elements of the world and not according to Christ." (Colossians. 2:8).

Christians need only the Bible. The Bible is the complete word of God and doesn't need to be added to or taken away from.

"And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." Revelation 22:19

Answer 5

Yes, without the Creeds and the Apostolic "Handing Down" that they came from ther would be no Christianity.

Answer 6

Yes, 100%.

Answer 7

Yes,
I believe the children are our future, teach them..ooops that's Whitney Houston, uh what?!

Answer 8

Yes, I absolutely believe what I am saying. It's faith that allows me to believe it.

Answer 9

Yes, I do believe what I'm saying.

Answer 10

They are both nothing more than the usual, stale rhetoric religions use to mesmerize the masses of ignorant sheeple!