Congregational recitation of a creed is an important part of our collective worship. Also good, mind you, for private devotional contemplation. Maybe do it once a week, slowly think through a creed (maybe not the Athanasian; it's a little long).
Whether it's the Apostles or the Nicene, particularly, we are reminded of the basic structure of our faith's foundation. So commit both to memory!
Today we used an important passage in the New Testament instead of one of the early creeds.
There appear to be a number of credal passages in Paul particularly. We recited this one (Colossians 1:13-22):
He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Although [we] were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled [us] in His fleshly body through death, in order to present [us] before him holy and blameless and beyond reproach.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.