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The Athanasian Creed

About the Creed

This creed takes its name from Athanasius, the great theologian of the fourth century who defended Trinitarian teaching. However, the creed’s origin is uncertain, and many scholars believe that it comes from the fifth or sixth centuries because of its Western character.

The Athanasian Creed expresses two essential elements of Christian teaching: that God’s Son and the Holy Spirit are of one being with the Father; and that Jesus Christ is true God and a true human being in one person. Traditionally it is considered the “Trinitarian Creed.” In many congregations it is read aloud in corporate worship on Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost.

Athanasian Creed

Whoever wants to be saved should above all cling to the catholic faith.

Whoever does not guard it whole and inviolable will doubtless perish eternally.

Now this is the catholic faith: We worship one God in trinity and the Trinity in unity, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the divine being.

For the Father is one person, the Son is another, and the Spirit is still another.

But the deity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, equal in glory, coeternal in majesty.

What the Father is, the Son is, and so is the Holy Spirit.

Uncreated is the Father; uncreated is the Son; uncreated is the Spirit.

The Father is infinite; the Son is infinite; the Holy Spirit is infinite.

Eternal is the Father; eternal is the Son; eternal is the Spirit: And yet there are not three eternal beings, but one who is eternal; as there are not three uncreated and unlimited beings, but one who is uncreated and unlimited.

Almighty is the Father; almighty is the Son; almighty is the Spirit: And yet there are not three almighty beings, but one who is almighty.

Thus the Father is God; the Son is God; the Holy Spirit is God: And yet there are not three gods, but one God.

Thus the Father is Lord; the Son is Lord; the Holy Spirit is Lord: And yet there are not three lords, but one Lord.

As Christian truth compels us to acknowledge each distinct person as God and Lord, so catholic religion forbids us to say that there are three gods or lords.

The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten; the Son was neither made nor created, but was alone begotten of the Father; the Spirit was neither made nor created, but is proceeding from the Father and the Son.

Thus there is one Father, not three fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three spirits.

And in this Trinity, no one is before or after, greater or less than the other; but all three persons are in themselves, coeternal and coequal; and so we must worship the Trinity in unity and the one God in three persons.

Whoever wants to be saved should think thus about the Trinity.

It is necessary for eternal salvation that one also faithfully believe that our Lord Jesus Christ became flesh.

For this is the true faith that we believe and confess: That our Lord Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is both God and man.

He is God, begotten before all worlds from the being of the Father, and he is man, born in the world from the being of his mother — existing fully as God, and fully as man with a rational soul and a human body; equal to the Father in divinity, subordinate to the Father in humanity.

Although he is God and man, he is not divided, but is one Christ.

He is united because God has taken humanity into himself; he does not transform deity into humanity.

He is completely one in the unity of his person, without confusing his natures.

For as the rational soul and body are one person, so the one Christ is God and man.

He suffered death for our salvation. He descended into hell and rose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

At his coming all people shall rise bodily to give an account of their own deeds.

Those who have done good will enter eternal life, those who have done evil will enter eternal fire.

This is the catholic faith.

One cannot be saved without believing this firmly and faithfully.

What’s happening

In person worship opportunity

December 22, 2020

Beginning January 2, 2021

Responsibility for the physical and mental well-being of the congregation is something your Council takes very seriously.  Each month we discuss in depth if it is safe and wise to gather again for in person worship. We make the decision by relying on data, science and the advice and direction of health experts.  Those sources strongly advise that now is not yet the time to again worship as we once did.

So how else might we safely gather?  The answer the Council has come up with is “in small numbers, for spoken liturgy, scripture and Holy Communion as the service is being recorded.” 

What does that mean?

 It means that a small group (12) people will be invited to gather in the sanctuary as we record the spoken parts of the service. This will primarily take place on Saturday mornings at 10am, but occasionally on Thursday evening.

To facilitate this, we ask the following:

  1. You must sign up ahead by either calling the church office or through this link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084caea728a0fd0-service
  2. You must mask while in the building and not congregate inside before or after the service recording.
  3. You attend no more than once a month in order to allow as many different people to participate as possible. (You can have your name put on a wait list in case spots remain open.)
  4. You do not attend if you have any symptoms of illness or have been exposed to someone who is ill or tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 10 days.

Virtual service | Jan. 10, 2021

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What’s happening

In person worship opportunity

December 22, 2020

Beginning January 2, 2021

Responsibility for the physical and mental well-being of the congregation is something your Council takes very seriously.  Each month we discuss in depth if it is safe and wise to gather again for in person worship. We make the decision by relying on data, science and the advice and direction of health experts.  Those sources strongly advise that now is not yet the time to again worship as we once did.

So how else might we safely gather?  The answer the Council has come up with is “in small numbers, for spoken liturgy, scripture and Holy Communion as the service is being recorded.” 

What does that mean?

 It means that a small group (12) people will be invited to gather in the sanctuary as we record the spoken parts of the service. This will primarily take place on Saturday mornings at 10am, but occasionally on Thursday evening.

To facilitate this, we ask the following:

  1. You must sign up ahead by either calling the church office or through this link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084caea728a0fd0-service
  2. You must mask while in the building and not congregate inside before or after the service recording.
  3. You attend no more than once a month in order to allow as many different people to participate as possible. (You can have your name put on a wait list in case spots remain open.)
  4. You do not attend if you have any symptoms of illness or have been exposed to someone who is ill or tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 10 days.
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Upcoming Events

  • Worship Record January 16, 2021 at 10:00 am – 10:30 am
  • WORSHIP ONLINE January 17, 2021
  • Holy Comm pickup January 17, 2021 at 9:00 am – 9:30 am
  • Ask the Council-Zoom January 17, 2021 at 9:00 am – 9:30 am
  • Sun School via website January 17, 2021 at 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Sermons

  • March 15, 2020
    Rev. Cindy Warmbier-Meyer, March 15, 2020
    Bible Text: John 4:5-25
  • June 24, 2018
    Rev. Cindy Warmbier-Meyer, June 24, 2018
    Bible Text: Mark 4:35-41

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