Lesson 1

Question 1

What does Dr. Cara mean that a Protestant denomination’s creed is a “secondary standard”?

Question 2

Explain Dr. Cara’s comment: “No creed but the Bible” will only work when everyone agrees to what the Bible says.

Question 3

According to Dr. Cara, how are traditional ST and creeds similar?

Question 4

What doe Creed mean?

Answer 4

I believe
the first word of the Western received Latin text of the Nicene-Constantinople Creed and the Apostles’ Creed.

Related to 2 Cor 4:13
Ps 116:10.

Question 5

What does Symbol mean?

Answer 5

“identity-token,” which was used often by Xns to refer to the Apostles’ Creed

Question 6

iii. Confession or Confession of Faith

Answer 6

Rom 10:9,
Matt 10:32,
Heb 3:1, 1
Tim 6:12-13.

Question 7

iv. Statement of Faith

Answer 7

Related to the Bible’s multifaceted use of “faith,” which includes saving faith, continuing full trust in God/X, and content of doctrine. See Rom 3:22, Heb 11:4, Jude 1:3.