I call upon You, Lord, God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob and Israel, You who are the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the God who, through the abundance of your mercy, was well-pleased towards us so that we may know You, who made heaven and earth, who rules over all, You who are the one and the true God, above whom there is no other God; You who, by our Lord Jesus Christ gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit, give to every one who reads this writing to know You, that You alone are God, to be strengthened in You, and to avoid every heretical and godless and impious teaching.

St Irenaeus of Lyons, Against the Heresies 3:6:4


Monday, December 24, 2012

The Apostle's Creed and Its Scriptural Foundation


The Apostle’s Creed
The Scriptural Basis
  We believe in God,1 the Father Almighty,
       Maker of Heaven and Earth,2

  And in Jesus Christ,3
       His only Son,4
       our Lord,5
       who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,6
       born of the Virgin7 Mary,
       suffered under Pontius Pilate,8
       was crucified,9
       dead10
       and buried.11
       He descended into Hell/Hades.a
       The third day12
       He arose from the dead,13
       He ascended into Heaven14
       and is seated at the right hand
       of God, the Father Almighty.15
       From thence He shall come
       to judge the quick and the dead.16

  I believe in the Holy Spirit,17
       the catholic church,18
       the communion of saints,19
       the forgiveness of sins,20
       the resurrection of the body,21
       and life everlasting.22
   Amen.
  1.  Is. 44:6; 45:5
  2.  Gen. 1:1; Jn. 1:1-3; Acts 14:15

  3.  Lk. 2:11; Jn. 20:28
  4.  Mt. 16:16; Jn. 1:49; 3:16
  5.  Jn. 20:28; 1 Cor. 8:6; Eph. 4:5
  6.  Mt. 1:18, 20; Lk. 1:35
  7.  Is. 7:14; Mt. 1:23-27; Lk. 1:27
  8.  Mt. 27:26; Lk. 23:23-25; 1 Tim. 6:13
  9.  Jn. 19:20 (cf. parallels); Acts 4:10
  10. 1 Cor. 15:3
  11. 1 Cor. 15:4
   a. 1 Pet. 3:18; Lk. 23:43 (likely not original)
  12. 1 Cor. 15:4
  13. Lk. 24:7; 1 Cor. 15:4
  14. Mk. 16:19; Lk. 24:51, Acts 1:11; Eph. 4:10

  15. Ps. 110:1; Mk. 16:19; Acts 2:33; Heb. 1:3

  16. Jn. 5:22; Acts 10:42; 2 Tim. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:5

  17. Jn. 15:26; 16:7-8, 13-14; Acts 5:3-4; 13:2 
  18. (i.e., universal church); Gal. 3:26-29
  19. 1 Cor. 12:12-20; Heb. 10:25; Rev. 19:14
  20. Mt. 26:28; Lk. 7:48; 24:47
  21. Jn. 6:39;1 Thess. 4:16
  22. Jn. 3:16; 10:28; 17:2-3
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