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  2. Creed - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known creed in Christianity, "Jesus is Lord", originated in the writings of Paul the Apostle. [2] One of the most significant and widely used Christian creeds is the Nicene Creed, first formulated in AD 325 at the First Council of Nicaea [3] to affirm the deity of Christ and revised at the First Council of Constantinople in AD 381 to affirm the trinity as a whole. [4]

  3. Shema - Wikipedia

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    In Hebrew this means "witness". The idea thus conveyed is that through the recitation or proclamation of the Shema one is a living witness testifying to the truth of its message. Modern Kabbalistic schools , namely that of the Ari , teach that when one recites the last letter of the word eḥad ( אחד ‎), meaning "one", he is to intend that ...

  4. Nicene Creed - Wikipedia

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    The Nicene Creed, [a] also called the Creed of Constantinople, [1] is the defining statement of belief of Nicene Christianity [2] [3] and in those Christian denominations that adhere to it. The original Nicene Creed was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

  5. Profession of faith - Wikipedia

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    The profession of faith has its origin in the New Testament, where believers, such as Cornelius, declared their faith in Jesus during baptism. [2] In the First Epistle to Timothy in chapter 6 verse 12, Paul of Tarsus reminds Timothy of his profession of faith in front of several people. [3]

  6. Jesus is Lord - Wikipedia

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    "Jesus is Lord" sign at Trinity Church in Gosforth, a neighborhood of Newcastle upon Tyne, England (2005). "Jesus is Lord" (Greek: Κύριος Ἰησοῦς, romanized: Kýrios Iēsoûs) is the shortest credal affirmation found in the New Testament, one of several slightly more elaborate variations. [1]

  7. Jewish principles of faith - Wikipedia

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    However, this does not imply that the text of the Torah should be understood literally, as according to Karaism. Rabbinic tradition maintains that God conveyed not only the words of the Torah, but the meaning of the Torah. God gave rules as to how the laws were to be understood and implemented, and these were passed down as an oral tradition.

  8. Credo - Wikipedia

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    Credo III in The Liber Usualis An example: the autograph first page of the Symbolum Nicenum (the Credo) from Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor. In Christian liturgy, the credo (Latin: [ˈkɾeːdoː]; Latin for "I believe") is the portion of the Mass where a creed is recited or sung.

  9. Hosanna - Wikipedia

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    The word hosanna (Latin osanna, Greek ὡσαννά, hōsanná) is from Hebrew הוֹשִׁיעָה־נָּא, הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא hôšîʿâ-nā, and especially the short form הוֹשַׁע נָּא hôšâ-nā, and related to Aramaic ܐܘܿܫܲܥܢܵܐ (ʾōshaʿnā) meaning 'save, rescue, savior'.