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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] crede, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] crēda, from [[Latin]] credo (first word of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostle's_Creed Apostles]' and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed Nicene Creeds]), from credere to believe, [[trust]], entrust; akin to Old Irish cretid he believes, [[Sanskrit]] śrad-dadhāti
*Before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a brief [[authoritative]] [[formula]] of [[religious]] [[belief]]
*2: a set of [[fundamental]] beliefs; also : a guiding principle
==Description==
A '''creed''' is a [[statement]] of [[belief]]—usually religious belief or [[faith]]—often recited as part of a religious service. The word derives from the [[Latin]]: credo for "I believe" (because the Latin [[translation]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed Apostles' Creed] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed Nicene Creed] both begin with this [[word]]). A creed is sometimes referred to as a [[symbol]] (Greek: σύμβολο[ν], sýmbolo[n]), signifying a "token" by which [[persons]] of like [[beliefs]] might recognize each other.
One of the most widely used creeds in [[Christianity]] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed Nicene Creed], formulated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/325 AD 325] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea First Council of Nicaea]. Affirmation of this creed, which describes the [[Trinity]], is generally taken as a [[fundamental]] test of [[orthodoxy]] for most Christian denominations. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed Apostles' Creed] is also broadly [[accepted]]. Some Christian denominations and other [[groups]] have rejected the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed#Christians_without_creeds authority of those creeds].
Whether [[Judaism]] is creedal has been a point of some [[controversy]]. Though some say Judaism is noncreedal in [[nature]], others say it recognizes a single creed, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shema_Yisrael Shema]. "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One."[[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.6 Deut. 6:4]]
[[Muslims]] declare the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahada shahada], or testimony: "I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the slave and messenger of Allah."
The terms "creed" and "[[faith]]" are sometimes used to mean [[religion]]. Where "creed" appears alongside "religion" or "faith," it can also refer to a [[person]]'s [[political]] or [[social]] [[beliefs]], for example [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%27s_Creed The American's Creed].
[[Category: Religion]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] crede, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] crēda, from [[Latin]] credo (first word of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostle's_Creed Apostles]' and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed Nicene Creeds]), from credere to believe, [[trust]], entrust; akin to Old Irish cretid he believes, [[Sanskrit]] śrad-dadhāti
*Before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a brief [[authoritative]] [[formula]] of [[religious]] [[belief]]
*2: a set of [[fundamental]] beliefs; also : a guiding principle
==Description==
A '''creed''' is a [[statement]] of [[belief]]—usually religious belief or [[faith]]—often recited as part of a religious service. The word derives from the [[Latin]]: credo for "I believe" (because the Latin [[translation]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed Apostles' Creed] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed Nicene Creed] both begin with this [[word]]). A creed is sometimes referred to as a [[symbol]] (Greek: σύμβολο[ν], sýmbolo[n]), signifying a "token" by which [[persons]] of like [[beliefs]] might recognize each other.
One of the most widely used creeds in [[Christianity]] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed Nicene Creed], formulated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/325 AD 325] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea First Council of Nicaea]. Affirmation of this creed, which describes the [[Trinity]], is generally taken as a [[fundamental]] test of [[orthodoxy]] for most Christian denominations. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed Apostles' Creed] is also broadly [[accepted]]. Some Christian denominations and other [[groups]] have rejected the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed#Christians_without_creeds authority of those creeds].
Whether [[Judaism]] is creedal has been a point of some [[controversy]]. Though some say Judaism is noncreedal in [[nature]], others say it recognizes a single creed, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shema_Yisrael Shema]. "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One."[[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.6 Deut. 6:4]]
[[Muslims]] declare the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahada shahada], or testimony: "I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the slave and messenger of Allah."
The terms "creed" and "[[faith]]" are sometimes used to mean [[religion]]. Where "creed" appears alongside "religion" or "faith," it can also refer to a [[person]]'s [[political]] or [[social]] [[beliefs]], for example [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%27s_Creed The American's Creed].
[[Category: Religion]]
