In addition to these confessions, we confess our faith in the words of the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed. These creeds were formulated by the universal church councils 1500 years ago. We believe there is a basic difference between the Bible and our confessions and creeds. The Bible is God’s Word; the confessions are the living church’s word. We have confessions because God says a living church must always respond to His revelation in Christ, in unity with each other and with the church of all ages (Matthew 16:15-16; I Corinthians 1:10).
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