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date: 19 March 2025

Apostles' Creed. 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Author(s):
F. L. CrossF. L. Cross, E. A. LivingstoneE. A. Livingstone

A statement of faith used only in the W. Church. Like other ancient *Creeds, it falls into three sections, concerned with God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, corresponding to the three Baptismal questions of the primitive Church. Terse in expression, it is less overtly theological than E. Creeds, but it includes such distinctive articles as the ... ...

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