This year is the 1700th anniversary of the 325 A.D. Council of Nicaea, from which we get the Nicaean Creed. Some claim they don’t want to be “constrained” by a creed. So why do we need a creed?
Our word “creed” from the Latin credo, meaning “I believe.” If you say, “I believe,” you need to believe something or in someone. It would be odd to shout: “I believe, I really believe!” but then if someone asks, “What do you believe?” you reply: “I don’t know, but I know I believe.” You have to believe in something. It might also be important to understand how and why you believe what you believe. But the first thing to get clear on is what you believe.
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