SQLite format 3@  O{tableTopicsTopicsCREATE TABLE 'Topics' (Title NVARCHAR(100), Notes TEXT) "3#02 The Nicene Creed{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f2\ftech\fcharset0 F0;}} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang1033\i\f0\fs24\par \pard\qc\lang1023\b\i0\f1\fs28 The Nicene Creed\par \pard\par \b0\i\fs24 The \i0 Nicene Creed \i is the product of the Council of Nicea, which convened in A.D. 325. The Creed was later revised at the Council of Constantinople in A.D. 381. It has remained one of Christianity's most beloved creeds since that time.\par \par \pard\ri567\sa283\i0 We believe in one God, Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.\par And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all9Y01 The Apostles' Creed{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\ftech\fcharset0 TimesNewR manPS-BoldMT;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\lang1033\b\f0\fs28 The Apostles' Creed\par \f1\fs24\par \pard\b0\i\f0 Although not written by the Apostles themselves, the creed does reflect Apostolic doctrine and a form of confession that is very ancient. It most likely originated in the form given here in the 3rd-4th centuries.\par \pard\qc\par \pard\i0 I believe in God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth.\par \par And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day He rose from the dead; He ascended into heaven; and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.\par \par I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic Church; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.\par \cf1\par } ages, Light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, of one essence with the Father, by whom all things were made.\line Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man,\line And was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried,\line And rose on the third day according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, And He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.\par And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the Father and the Son, is worshiped and glorified, and Who spoke through the Prophets.\par And we believe in one holy, catholic and Apostolic Church.\line We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.\line We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. Amen.\lang1033\f2\par } logy of the Church that was so ably defended by him.\par \par \i0 1. Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith;\par 2. Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.\par 3. And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity;\par 4. Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance.\par 5. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit.\par 6. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.\par 7. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit.\par 8. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated.\par 9. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible.\par 10. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal.\par 11. And yet they are not three eternals but one eternal.\par 12. As also there are not three uncreated nor three incomprehensible, but one uncreated and one incomprehensible.\par 13. So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty.\par 14. And yet they are not three almighties, but one almighty.\par 15. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God;\par 16. And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.\par 17. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord;\par 18. And yet they are not three Lords but one Lord.\par 19. For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord;\par 20. So are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say; There are three Gods or three Lords.\par 21. The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten.\par 22. The Son is of the Father alone; not made nor created, but begotten.\par 23. The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.\par 24. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.\par 25. And in this Trinity none is afore or after another; none is greater or less than another.\par 26. But the whole three persons are coeternal, and coequal.\par 27. So that in all things, as aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.\par 28. He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity.\par 29. Furthermore it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe rightly the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.\par 30. For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man.\par 31. God of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and man of substance of His mother, born in the world.\par 32. Perfect God and perfect man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.\par 33. Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching His manhood.\par 34. Who, although He is God and man, yet He is not two, but one Christ.\par 35. One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of that manhood into God.\par 36. One altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person.\par 37. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ;\par 38. Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead;\par 39. He ascended into heaven, He sits on the right hand of the Father, God, Almighty;\par 40. From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.\par 41. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies;\par 42. and shall give account of their own works.\par 43. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.\par 44. This is the catholic faith, which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.\cf1\par } HuH"3#02 The Nicene Creed{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f2\ftech\fcharset0 F0;}} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang1033\i\f0\fs24\par \pard\qc\lang1023\b\i0\f1\fs28 The Nicene Creed\par \pard\par \b0\i\fs24 The \i0 Nicene Creed \i is the product of the Council of Nicea, which convened in A.D. 325. The Creed was later revised at the Council of Constantinople in A.D. 381. It has remained one of Christianity's most beloved creeds since that time.\par \par \pard\ri567\sa283\i0 We believe in one God, Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.\par And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all9Y01 The Apostles' Creed{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\ftech\fcharset0 TimesNewRo 7}04 Chalcedonian Creed{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} s;=03 The Athanasian Creed{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\lang1033\b\f0\fs28 The Athanasian Creed\par \fs24\par \pard\b0\i Athanasius championed the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity that resulted in the development of the Nicene Creed. Although not written by Athanasius himself, the Athanasian Creed, which most likely originated in the 5th century, does reflect the theo {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\lang1033\b\f0\fs28 The Chalcedonian Creed\par \fs24\par \pard\b0\i This creed was the result of the Council of Chalcedon (A.D. 451). This creed has become the touchstone for christological orthodoxy for most Christians from the time it was written up until our own day.\par \par \i0 We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man, of a reasonable soul and body; consubstantial with the Father according to the Godhead, and consubstantial with us according to the Manhood; in all things like unto us, without sin; begotten before all ages of the Father according to the Godhead, and in these latter days, for us and for our salvation, born of the virgin Mary, the *\i theotokos\i0 , according to the manhood; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, to be acknowledged in two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence, not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son, and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the prophets from the beginning have declared concerning Him, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has taught us, and the Creed of the holy Fathers has handed down to us.\par \par *"God-bearer," a term often poorly translated "mother of God." It was used to avoid the error of an adoptionist Christology by asserting that Jesus was both fully man and fully God even from conception. Thus, Mary did not bear a merely human child, who was later deified in some way, but instead bore a child that was already both fully God and fully man.\par \cf1\par }