Credo definition

krēdō, krā-
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A creed.
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A belief system.
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The definition of a credo is a statement or system of beliefs or guiding principles.

Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you is an example of a credo.

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The Apostles' Creed.
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The Nicene Creed, especially as the third item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.
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The musical setting of the Nicene Creed.
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The Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed, both of which (in Latin) begin with credo.
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A musical setting for either of these.
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Plural:
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Origin of credo

  • Middle English the Apostles' Creed from Latin crēdō I believe (the first word of the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed) first person sing. present tense of crēdere to believe kerd- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin crēdō (“I believe”); see creed.

    From Wiktionary

Credo Sentence Examples

  • In that case, all who accept a revelation without professing to understand its content would require to be ranked as mystics; the fierce sincerity of Tertullian's credo quia ab-' surdum, Pascal's reconciliation of contradictions in Jesus Christ, and Bayle's half-sneering subordination of reason to faith would all be marks of this standpoint.

  • This gives the utmost possible effect of finality to the whole Credo, and contrasts admirably with the coldly formal instrumental end of the Resurrexit three movements further back.

  • Obviously the greatest difficulty in any elaborate instrumental setting of the Credo is the inevitable anti-climax after the Resurrexit.

  • Accordingly, Palestrina and his great contemporaries and predecessors treated the Gloria and Credo in a style midway in polyphonic organization and rhythmic breadth between that of the elaborate motet (adopted in the Sanctus) and the homophonic reciting style of the Litany.

  • Anselm's motto, Credo ut intelligam, marks well the distance that has been traversed since Tertullian's Credo quia absurdum est.

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