The Catholic Creed - what do you think?

Question

Every day, in every nation around the world, at every Catholic Mass, we stand and profess aloud our faith in these words:

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,
one in being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he was born of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered, died and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfillment of 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.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son
he is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one, holy, catholic 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.

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I would like to know what you think. Does not this show that Catholics and protestants are closer than some Fundies believe?

Answer 1

The Nicene-Constaninopolitan Creed is still the Christian standard of Faith. "To reject the Creed is to reject Christ",one of the early Protestant Reformers said( Iforgot who:anyone remember?)in response to Socinianism(It was not Calvin)

The Eastern Churches do not have the Spirit proceeding "and from the Son" phrase of the Western Version but just "from the Father" which is the original version

Most Liturgical Churches have the Nicene Creed (or Apostle's Creed or occasionally the Western Athanasian Creed ) at the Eucharist or even other offices.

I love the Nicene Creed and i usually sing it in the shower or elsewhere daily in Latin or English.

It is the National Anthem of the Christian World.

Dear CJ,
Wherever did you get theat twisted idea that Catholics think that they alone will be saved? I get that brick thrown by or from Fundamentalist Protestants and Muslims but not from educated Catholics or any practicing Catholic that I know.

Answer 2

This is also known as the Nicene Creed, which was developed as a result of the Council of Nicea, in 352 AD. Note that the Nicene Creed is a modification of the Apostles Creed, which states:

"We 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 Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate
Was crucified, died, and was buriend.
He decended to the Dead.
On 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 thence He shall come again to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of Sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen."

The Apostles Creed is the original Profession of Faith, and as the name implies, came directly from the Apostles.

Answer 3

I know for a fact that the Lutherans also subscribe to this creed.

But everyone knows that Lutherans are just non-papist Catholics. . . ;)

CJ: What gospel would that be, please? Please quote chapter and verse. I missed it somewhere. Must have slept that day in Catechism. Doofus, say whatever you want. Talk is cheap. Do you put your money where your mouth is? Or are you all talk and fancy beliefs? See Matthew 21:28-31

Thom1274:
" If you don't believe as I do, you cannot possibly be saved."

How ++Christian++ of you. . ..

Think about what you just said for a moment. Do you really want to have that yardstick used when you are judged? Remember, it applies to you as well. . . . Suppose . . . . *gasp* you're >>>WRONG<<

Answer 4

This is actually not the "Catholic Creed" it is the Nicene creed, A Christian creed from the 4th century, when all people were just Christians.

This creed is acceptable to almost every major Christian denomination and many free churches.

Answer 5

I absolutely agree! But I think it's unfortunate that the wording has changed from the original Latin. e.g. "of all that is visible and invisible" has been changed to "of all that is seen and unseen". Lot's of things are unseen. I can't see the cells on my skin, but are they invisible? No.
I'm not saying that this translation is wrong, but I think that it is less precise.

Answer 6

It is a beautiful prayer,but where it says one church the catholic church does this mean the only church Jesus is coming again for is catholics.I was raised catholic and i was educated in a catholic school,i was taught all other religions were wrong and going to purgatory.I do not believe this teaching any longer.I do believe protestants will be in heaven as well.I was also taught that all protestants were catholic killers,and we were to never go to a Protestant church.I am now non denominational,but have learned such mercy and grace from protestant churches.Shalom

Answer 7

It really does put our beliefs in a nutshell.It's a shame about the schism with the protestants.

Answer 8

Yeah, but the fundie protties refuse to acknowledge it!

Answer 9

Still a beautiful prayer. I had to memorize it in Catechism and to this day I love it.

Answer 10

"We believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church."

This is the line that separates the Catholic church from the "others." The Protestants and Fundamentalists have broken away and are unfortunately no longer part of the Church that was established by Christ.