Credo

With the whole church, I affirm the Apostles Creed and Nicene Creed, which we confess in the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion.

As a confessional Methodist, I affirm the General Rules, the Articles of Religion, and the standard sermons and notes of John Wesley as standards of doctrine and practice, and as faithful expositions of the Christian faith revealed to the church in the Holy Scriptures.

As a personal and evolving statement of faith, I have composed a number of notional Teaching Articles summarizing the Christian faith as I understand it. They are drawn partly from the ecumenical creeds of the Church, partly from the Anglican and Methodist Articles of Religion, partly from the Confession of Faith of the Evangelical United Brethren, and partly from my own reflection on the whole scope of faith and practice visible in the history of the Church. All of them, I pray, are rooted in the Holy Scriptures from which all true faith arises.  This is a work in progress. It is subject to revisions and additions as I continue to reflect on the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

• On God
• On the Work of Jesus Christ
• On the Order of Salvation
• On the Holy Bible
• On Christ’s Holy Church
• On the Holy Sacraments
• On the Ecumenical Creeds
• On the Order of Creation

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Resources

Foundational Creeds

• The Rule of Faith – Irenaeus
• The Old Roman Creed
• The Apostles’ Creed
• The Nicene Creed
• The Athanasian Creed
• The Definition of Chalcedon

Methodist Documents

• The Articles of Religion
  • The Confession of Faith of the Evangelical United Brethren
• The General Rules
• John Wesley’s Standard Sermons
• John Wesley’s Notes on the Bible
• John Wesley’s Journal
• John Wesley’s Revision of the Shorter Catechism

The Rock from Which We Were Hewn

• Catechism of the Catholic Church
• Lutheran Book of Concord
• Moravian Brotherly Agreement of the Brethren
• Arminian Articles of Remonstrance
• Anglican Articles of Religion
• Anglican Book of Homilies