Hello all. I was wondering if any other church besides the Catholic Church uses the Anthanasian creed? Of all the catholic creeds it seems to be the most theological and also the one that actually mentions punishment if not believed. It’s true we use the apostles creed and nicene creed primarily but I don’t think there is any formal condemnation that suppresses it in the Catholic Church.
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Anthanasian creed
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I think pretty much all western Trinitarian denominations that accept the legitimacy of creeds in general accept it (if they don’t necessarily use it liturgically).
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If the congregation is well-catechized, Lutherans say it without blinking an eye.
If not, the pastor may take a moment to point out that all three creeds use ‘catholic’ with a lower-case ‘c’ in reference to the universal mark of the true church, and not in reference to any specific corporation.
Lutherans often use ‘catholic’ and ‘Christian’ interchangeably in their confessions and liturgies; it’s a holdover from old German, which didn’t make a distinction.
If not, the pastor may take a moment to point out that all three creeds use ‘catholic’ with a lower-case ‘c’ in reference to the universal mark of the true church, and not in reference to any specific corporation.
Lutherans often use ‘catholic’ and ‘Christian’ interchangeably in their confessions and liturgies; it’s a holdover from old German, which didn’t make a distinction.
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Anglicans us it. It is in the Book of Common Prayer and I know many parishes here teach it in catechism class. It is chiefly used on Trinity Sunday in the morning services of Holy Communion and Morning Prayer. It is also included in the Book of Common Worship as an ‘authorized affirmation’ of faith to be used in the liturgy.
Traditional, high Church Methodists also use it in the Wesleyan manner. Reformed churches in the presbyterian or congregationalist form are no unfamiliar with it, but in that church governance is highly independent in these forms, you might get different opinions on its use throughout each particular denomination of those tradition, presbytery, or congregation.
I am unfamiliar with modern Lutheran services and liturgies, but I know it was authorized by the Book of Concord for usage. I would assume they follow traditional usage of praying it on Trinity Sundays.
Traditional, high Church Methodists also use it in the Wesleyan manner. Reformed churches in the presbyterian or congregationalist form are no unfamiliar with it, but in that church governance is highly independent in these forms, you might get different opinions on its use throughout each particular denomination of those tradition, presbytery, or congregation.
I am unfamiliar with modern Lutheran services and liturgies, but I know it was authorized by the Book of Concord for usage. I would assume they follow traditional usage of praying it on Trinity Sundays.
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Generally, all Christian churches accept the precepts of that Creed. But many of them have trouble with the wording. And yes, the usual way to deal with catholic is to understand the word catholic as meaning “universal.” I’ve seen some denominations include the word catholic and some substitute Christian in its place.
But the belief in the explanation of the Trinity is something that most people would say is necessary for a religion to be called Christian. Now, whether they use it at services or not is a different story. Anglicans/Episcopalians and Lutherans generally use it once a year, on Trinity Sunday. Methodists, Presbyterians…they often use a creed but not that creed, though it may be printed in the hymnal/worship book.
The Baptist church tends to be, as a rule, non-creedal along with most non-denominational churches. But if you broke that Creed into its parts and probably got rid of the word catholic and didn’t call it a creed, most Baptists and many non-denominationals would agree with it without difficulty.
This is one of the reasons that many Christians do not consider Mormons to be Christian. Mormons do not accept the understanding of the Trinity found in that Creed (as far as I know, please correct me if I am wrong).
But the belief in the explanation of the Trinity is something that most people would say is necessary for a religion to be called Christian. Now, whether they use it at services or not is a different story. Anglicans/Episcopalians and Lutherans generally use it once a year, on Trinity Sunday. Methodists, Presbyterians…they often use a creed but not that creed, though it may be printed in the hymnal/worship book.
The Baptist church tends to be, as a rule, non-creedal along with most non-denominational churches. But if you broke that Creed into its parts and probably got rid of the word catholic and didn’t call it a creed, most Baptists and many non-denominationals would agree with it without difficulty.
This is one of the reasons that many Christians do not consider Mormons to be Christian. Mormons do not accept the understanding of the Trinity found in that Creed (as far as I know, please correct me if I am wrong).
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We have ’allmännelig’ (for all humans=universal) in place of lower-c catholic church, but I think I remember older versions in the early 1980s which had ’katolsk’ in the three creeds.
I prefer the apostolic creed bc it’s short and to the point, but the nicene one is more used in high/solemn mass here.
I prefer the apostolic creed bc it’s short and to the point, but the nicene one is more used in high/solemn mass here.
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