Creed

To profess that the Church is 'catholic' is to say something about the very essence of the Church. When we

If one were to consider the Church as a merely human institution, it would be hard to assert that it

Belief is necessary. The word of the LORD from the mouth of the prophet Isaiah demonstrates this. During the reign

Perhaps we should start our exploration of God’s speaking through the prophets by asking what the word ‘Prophets’ might mean.

The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. Thus He is intimately part of the eternal Triune Godhead.

This phrase is misleadingly simple. The controversy it generated – usually referred to by its Latin form, Filioque – occasioned

‘The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of

Only God gives life. Creatures can nurture or manipulate his gift, but the gift is always his. When we confess

‘Lord’ in this case refers to the Holy Spirit, to whom this particular section of the Creed is dedicated, this

Here starts the third section of the creed, which deals with the Holy Spirit. Whilst the first section spoke about

A fundamental tenet of Jesus’ preaching, and its urgency, was the proclamation of the imminent coming of the Kingdom of

The belief that Christ has the authority to judge the living and the dead is frequently repeated through the New