creed
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thumb|Icon depicting Emperor Constantine (center) and the Fathers of the [[First Council of Nicaea (325) as holding the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381]]A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) which summarizes its core tenets.
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- Terminology
- Christianity
- Excommunication
- Christians without creeds
- Christian creeds
- Christian confessions of faith
- Controversies
- Latter Day Saint Movement
- In Islam (''aqīdah'')
- Similarly in other Religions like Jewish ''Shema Yisrael''
- Religions without creeds
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Icon depicting Emperor Constantine (center) and the Fathers of the [[First Council of Nicaea (325) as holding the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381]]A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) which summarizes its core tenets.
Many Christian denominations use three creeds: the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, the Apostles' Creed and the Athanasian Creed. Some Christian denominations do not use any of those creeds.