of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into Hell, The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence He shall come. judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The communion of saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Q. By what other name are the" Articles of Belief" called? A. "The Articles of the Christian Faith."-Catechism. And also "The Creed." Public Baptism. Q. How many "Creeds" are there? A. Three; the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Creed of St. Athanasius. Q. What does the Eighth Article of our Church teach concerning them? A. "The three Creeds, Nicene Creed, Athanasius's Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture."Article viii. Q. When are these Creeds repeated? A. The Apostles' Creed is repeated at Morning and Evening Prayer; the Nicene Creed after the Gospel, at the Communion Service. Q. When is the Creed of St. Athanasius repeated? I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, A. The Rubric directs, that "upon these feasts, Christmasday, the Epiphany, St. Matthias, Easter-day, Ascension. day, Whitsunday, St. John Baptist, St. James, St. Bartholomew, St. Matthew, St. Simon and St. Jude, St. Andrew, and upon Trinity Sunday, shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles' Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called the Creed of St. Athanasius, by the Minister and people standing."- Rubric before Athanasian Creed. Q. Compare the Apostles' Creed with the Nicene. A. "I believe in one God, the Father Almighty."-Nicene Creed. "Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible."-Nicene Creed. "And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made."-Nicene Creed. "Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man.' Nicene Creed. دو Q. How is this doctrine of Christ's incarnation expressed in the Communion Service? A. " Who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother." -Proper Preface for Christmas-day, in Commun. Service. "And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate."Nicene Creed. "He suffered and was buried."-Nicene Creed. Q. What does the Third Article teach of the going down of Christ into hell? A. "As Christ died for us, and was buried, so also is it to be believed, that he went down into hell." "And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures."-Nicene Creed. "And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father."-Nicene Creed. "And he shall come again with glory to judge both the come to judge the quick quick and the dead: Whose and the dead. kingdom shall have no end."Nicene Creed. Q. What does the Fourth Article teach concerning the resurrection and ascension of Christ? A. "Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of man's nature; wherewith he ascended into heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all men at the last day." I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy Catholic Church; The communion of saints; “And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets." -Nicene Creed. Q. What does the Fifth Article teach concerning the Holy Ghost? A. "The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God." "And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church." Nicene Creed. Q. What does the Nineteenth Article teach concerning the Church? A. "The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same." Q. Is the word "Catholic" explained in the Prayer-book? A. In the Litany we pray the Lord to "rule and govern his holy Church universal in the right way;" and in the "Te Deum" we say, "The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee." Q. Why is the Church called "Apostolic ?" A. Because it is "built upon the foundation of the Apos The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. tles."-Collect for St. Simon and St. Jude. Q. Does any Collect speak of the "communion of saints?" A. Yes; the Collect for All Saints' day "O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son, Christ our Lord." "I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins." -Nicene Creed. "And I look for the Resurrection of the dead."-Nicene Creed. "And the life of the world to come. Ameu." - Nicene Creed. Quest. What dost thou chiefly learn in these articles of thy belief? Answ. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me and all the elect people of God. Q. By what titles do we collectively address the "Three Persons and One God" in the Litany? A. "O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners." Q. Do we find the word "Trinity" in any of the Creeds? A. Yes; in the Athanasian Creed: |