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creed (krēd)

noun

  1. a brief statement of religious belief; confession of faith
  2. a specific statement of this kind, accepted by a church
  3. any set of beliefs or principles

Etymology: ME crede < OE creda < L credo, lit., I believe (< credere, to trust, believe < IE *kred-dhē-, to attribute magic power to, believe < base *red-, magic power of a thing + *dhē-, to place, do

creed Related Forms

creed′al adjective

creed Idioms

the Creed

the Apostles' Creed

creed Synonyms

creed

n.

belief, doctrine, dogma; see faith 2.

creed Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • church: The concept of the sanctification of wealth became a creed of the churches.
  • man: That which God intended should be an impossibility to the natural mind, he has made the common creed of men.
  • world: His smooth wood creeps with all the creeds of the world.
  • Christendom: I think Dr. Motyer was probably referring to texts which alter the creeds of Christendom rather than disputed canonicity.

Converse of object

  • recite: To recite the creed is to reaffirm the tradition, to connect with the past, to glory in the poetry.
  • adopt: The doctrine of Trinity is based on the creed adopted by the Council of Nicea which took place over 300 years after Christ.
  • accept: By an overwhelming majority, the bishops accepted a creed which repudiated Arius's doctrines.
  • say: Every time we say the creed in church, we condemn Arianism in ringing terms.
  • become: The concept of the sanctification of wealth became a creed of the churches.
  • follow: They preach against the weakness of democracy and follow a brutal macho military creed.

Adjective modifier

  • Nicene: Show the pupils the Nicene creed ( See Appendix 1 ).
  • Athanasian: The Text What then does the Athanasian creed say?
  • catholic: Nothing in holy scripture, the catholic creeds, or our historic formularies makes it necessary to go against this primal witness.
  • Catholic: From first to last he cared greatly for one thing and one thing only; the integrity of his Catholic creed.
  • historic: The modern notion that the sinner can reject Christ as Lord but receive Him as Savior is foreign to all the historic creeds.
  • Christian: Thirdly, " LISTEN TO HIM " The earliest of all Christian creeds were the words: " Jesus is Lord " .

Modifies a noun

project: The CREED project is a collaboration between Jenni Thomson and Peter Edwards.

Noun used with modifier

  • church: We deny that church creeds, councils, or declarations have authority greater than or equal to the authority of the Bible.
  • humanist: There is no humanist creed, no set of beliefs to which every humanist has to subscribe.