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The Apostles Creed

"I 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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.  I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic (i.e. "universal") Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. AMEN."

Eric's Comments:

The Apostles Creed embodies the central or essential doctrines of the Christian faith. Absent are good works to attain salvation or grace, forms of baptism, spiritual gifts, eschatology, church membership and other peripheral issues. As important as these other secondary issues and doctrines are adherence to a position or teaching on them is not essential for salvation. If any other doctrine or creed had been it would have been included in both this an the Nicene Creed.

Let's do as the early church father Augustine exhorted centuries ago: major on the majors and minor on the minors while keeping love in the center of all of our debates and spiritual searching!