lent course 2002 putnoe heights and st mark’s church

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1、LentCourse2002PutnoeHeightsandStMark’sChurchCredoAstudyoftheApostlesCreedTheApostles’CreedexpresseswhattheChristianChurchbelievestobewithintheboundariesofScriptureandthehistoricteachingshandeddownsincethetimeofJesus.Whatdoyoubelieve?1WelcometoCredo!Thankyoufortakingt

2、imetousethisbookletonthestudyoftheApostlesCreed.TheApostlesCreedhascometoberegardedasanexcellentsummaryoftheChristianfaith.ItisnotadenominationalstatementpeculiartoaparticulargroupsofChristians,butsomethingconsideredmorefundamentalandcommontomostpeoplewhocallthemselv

3、esChristians.Itwasbecauseofthisthatthecreedsdevelopedinpublicoccasionsthroughoutthechurch.TheywereusedatBaptismswhenthechurchgatheredtoaffirmthecommunalbelief.Therearetwoecumenicalcreedswhicharenowusedcommonlyinourchurches;theApostlesCreedandtheNiceneCreed.Timeforbid

4、sthatwecandealwithbothofthemandsoIhavechosentoconcentrateontheApostlesCreed,itisshorterandperhapsalsoeasiertocommittomemoryanduseinyourowndevotionallife.TheLatinword"credo"means"Ibelieve"anditisfromthiswordthatwehaveobtainedthewordcreed.Acreedisastatementwhichcontain

5、sasummaryofourbasicbeliefs.Overthenextfewweeks,duringLent,wewillconsiderhowtheApostlesCreedcameintobeing.Wewillalsoconsiderhowthecreedcanbehelpfultousandwhatplacecreedsingeneralshouldhaveinourprivateandcorporateworship.Wewillconsiderwhathappenswhenwefindpartsofthecre

6、eddifficulttounderstandandwewillthinkforawhileabouttheissueofdoubt,fortherearemanytimeswhenChristiansfindbeliefchallengingandoccasionswheneventhestrongestChristiansquestiontheirownfaith.IfyouareusingthisbookletinagroupsettingyouwillfindithelpfultohaveaBiblewhichcanbe

7、usedforlookingattheversesmentioned.WhenalargepassageisusedforBiblestudyithasbeenprintedsothateverybodyhasaccesstothesametranslation.Thecourseismeanttobeastimulusandnotastrait-jacket,pleasefeelabletomissbitsoutortospendmoretimeonthepieceswhichthegroupfindshelpful.Hope

8、fullythereismorematerialthanyouwillneed,soselectwhatwillbeusefulforyou.Itwillbeespeciallyhelpfulifeverybodyinthegroupagreestoreadth