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The United Church of Canada seeks to honour and value equally the creative contributions of individuals and communities. United Church faith communities welcome people from all backgrounds and orientations. This section offers an overview of our beliefs.
The Anglican Church of Canada does not define its doctrine in a single confession. Our beliefs are articulated in our liturgies, as well as in these selected statements: Anglican tradition affirms three historic creeds: the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed.
- Anglicans Are, First of All, Christians.
- We Believe That The Church Is The Body of Christ on Earth.
- We Affirm The Apostles’ Creed and The Nicene Creed.
- We Are Liturgical.
- We Believe in The Dignity of All people.
- We Are Both Reformational and Catholic.
- We Are Also Episcopal.
- We Are Not The only True Church.
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We believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world. We believe that the Bible, Holy Scripture, tells the true story of the human race, from our creation to our fall. And then it tells the story of God raising up the people of Israel, and then from that people a Messiah (promised one). It tells of Jesus being born of the virgin Mary, living, dy...
We are sinners and we are saints, and our history is full of both sin and grace. We baptize those who come to Jesus in repentance and faith, along with their children. We gather at the Lord’s table to share his holy meal, the Eucharist. These two means of grace we call Sacraments, and they point to God’s work and presence in all of creation. 1. Bap...
These are the creeds of the early Church. These creeds are Trinitarian (One God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). They affirm the incarnation (God became a man in the person of Jesus Christ without ceasing to be God). They affirm the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Church and at work in the world. Our more specific doctrines and p...
This means that we follow the ancient, biblical pattern of worship through our Book of Common Prayer (founded in its most basic form on the Lord’s Prayer) that guides what we do and say in worship and prayer. We follow the Church year, a Christian calendar of seasons, feasts and fasts. While we don’t believe that liturgical worship is essential to ...
We believe in the sanctity of all life from conception. We believe in serving and advocating for the poor, the outcast, the stranger, and the marginalized in the name of Jesus Christ.
We are a catholic communion in that we are part of the universal Body of Christ, on earth, and in heaven, and we believe the same thing as the Apostles and the Church in history. We retain the catholic patterns of governance, sacraments, and practices. Yet our church also experienced a reformation in the 16th century that brought about a renewed se...
We follow the ancient pattern of consecrations of Bishops, a historic succession that goes back to the Apostles. We retain three orders of ordained ministry: 1. Bishops, 2. Priests (presbyters/elders) and 3. Deacons.
We believe that other churches that also confess Jesus as Lord, that baptize in water the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that believe in the Gospel and the Bible are our fellow Christians. Therefore, we do not believe that we are the only true Church. We affirm that the Orthodox, Protestant, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Non-Denom...
I’m sure that this attempt is inadequate as a full summary and that other Anglicans would take issue with some of the wording or emphasis. But I believe this gives a good starting point for someone exploring Anglicanism, and I hope it serves to give you a big picture from which you can gain a more detailed picture. If you’d like to read other summa...
- We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
- We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.
- We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel.
- We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
We believe and trust in one God, Father Son and Holy Spirit. Belief in God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit is at the heart of our faith. Christians believe that Jesus is God’s Son. Jesus reveals to us that God is our Father, and that God is available to us through the Holy Spirit.
Jun 25, 2019 · The official creeds, confessions, and beliefs of the Presbyterian Church, including the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Westminster Confession of faith, are all contained within a document called The Book of Confessions.
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AGREED STATEMENT OF BELIEF. WE BELIEVE in one God—the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. WE BELIEVE that the Old and New Testament Scriptures, given by plenary inspiration, contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.
