THE APOSTLES’ CREED
The Creed of the Church, the Apostles’ Creed, was not composed by the Apostles, writes the Bishop of Norwich. It enshrines their faith; but it was not drawn up at one place and time. It grew, and was accepted, as Christians found help from reciting its words and from keeping the truths it proclaims constantly before them . for their worship and their “love in action.” “A man’s life is the picture book of his creed,” says Emerson. Creed moulds character. The longer Creed is really implicit in the Apostles’ Creed; but when errors sprang up around or within the Christian, community, new definitions were added to exclude misguided thought. To have such a Creed, such formulated dogma, is a bond of world-wide fellowship between all who accept its terms. It unites us to 60 generations of those who have been inspired by this particular expression of Christian doctrine.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 November 1941, Page 6
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