8/10/2019 8C. the Use of Creeds
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he !rst comes from the epistle of St. 4aul the 3postle to his
disciple imothy.he 3postle says/
God was manifested in the esh,
Justied in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles.Belieed on in the world,
!eceied up in Glory" #$ %imothy &'$().
his is called the mystery of godliness.
he second passage comes from St. 4aul's 5pistle to the Church of
Corinth, *or+ deliered to you rst of all that which + also receied'
that hrist died for our sinsaccording to the Scriptures, and that
-e was buried, and -e rose again the thirdday according to the
Scriptures, and that -e was seen by ephas and then by
thetwele..."+0 Corinthians 09/:$;2.
he third passage is from St. 4aul's 5pistle to the 4hilippians,
et this mind bein you that was also in hrist Jesus, who, being in
the form of God, did notconsider it robbery to be e/ual with God,
but emptied -imself, ta0ing the form ofa serant, being born in the
li0eness of men. 1nd being found in appearance as aman, -e humbled
-imself and became obedient to the point of death, een thedeath of
the cross. %herefore God also has highly e2alted -im and bestowed
on-im the name that is aboe eery other name, that at the name of
Jesus eery0nee should bow, in heaen, and on earth, and under the
earth, and eery tongueconfess that Jesus hrist is ord, to the glory
of God the *ather" +4hilippians -/9$002.
hese passages reveal the confession that Christ is truly
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