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Christian creeds

Several creeds originated in Christianity.

1 Corinthians 15:3–7 includes an early creed about Jesus' death and resurrection which was probably received by Paul. The antiquity of the creed has been located by most biblical scholars to no more than five years after Jesus' death, probably originating from the Jerusalem apostolic community.

The Old Roman Creed is an earlier and shorter version of the Apostles' Creed. It was based on the 2nd century Rules of Faith and the interrogatory declaration of faith for those receiving baptism, which by the 4th century was everywhere tripartite in structure, following Matthew 28:19.

The Apostles' Creed is used in Western Christianity for both liturgical and catechetical purposes.

The Nicene Creed reflects the concerns of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 which had as their chief purpose to establish what Christians believed.

The Chalcedonian Creed was adopted at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 in Asia Minor. It defines that Christ is 'acknowledged in two natures', which 'come together into one person and hypostasis'.

The Athanasian Creed (Quicunque vult) is a Christian statement of belief focusing on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology. It is the first creed in which the equality of the three persons of the Trinity is explicitly stated and differs from the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds in the inclusion of anathemas, or condemnations of those who disagree with the Creed.

The Tridentine Creed was initially contained in the papal bull Iniunctum Nobis, issued by Pope Pius IV on 13 November 1565. The creed was intended to summarise the teaching of the Council of Trent (1545–1563).

The Maasai Creed is a creed composed in 1960 by the Maasai people of East Africa in collaboration with missionaries from the Congregation of the Holy Ghost. The creed attempts to express the essentials of the Christian faith within the Maasai culture.

The Credo of the People of God is a confession of faith that Pope Paul VI published with the motu proprio Solemni hac liturgia of 30 June 1968. Pope Paul VI spoke of it as "a creed which, without being strictly speaking a dogmatic definition, repeats in substance, with some developments called for by the spiritual condition of our time, the creed of Nicea, the creed of the immortal tradition of the holy Church of God."

Christian confessions of faith

Protestant denominations are usually associated with confessions of faith, which are similar to creeds but usually longer.

The Sixty-seven Articles of the Swiss reformers, drawn up by Zwingli in 1523

The Schleitheim Confession of the Anabaptist Swiss Brethren in 1527

The Augsburg Confession of 1530, the work of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon, which marked the breach with Rome

The Tetrapolitan Confession of the German Reformed Church, 1530

The Smalcald Articles of Martin Luther, 1537

The Guanabara Confession of Faith, 1558

The Gallic Confession, 1559

The Scots Confession, drawn up by John Knox in 1560

The Belgic Confession drawn up by Guido de Bres in 1561

The Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England in 1562

The Formula of Concord and its Epitome in 1577

The Helwys Confession in 1611

The Irish Articles in 1615

The Remonstrant Confession in 1621

The Dordrecht Confession of Faith of Dutch Mennonites in 1632

The First London Confession of Particular Baptists in 1644

The Westminster Confession of Faith in 1647 was the work of the Westminster Assembly of Divines and has commended itself to the Presbyterian Churches of all English-speaking peoples, and also in other languages.

The Savoy Declaration of 1658 which was a modification of the Westminster Confession to suit Congregationalist polity

The Standard Confession of General Baptists in 1660

A Catechism and Confession of Faith in 1673 upheld by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

The Orthodox Creed of General Baptists in 1679

The Second London Confession for all Particular and Reformed Baptists in 1689

The Confession of Faith of the Calvinistic Methodists (Presbyterians) of Wales of 1823

The New Hampshire Confession of Baptists in 1833

The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral of the Anglican Communion in 1870

The Richmond Declaration in 1887, upheld by Orthodox Gurneyite Quakers

The Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths in 1916

The Articles of Religion and Confession of Faith of the United Methodist Church, adopted in 1968

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