The sun., 1902-06-22
HOW THE CREEDS WERE MADE
THI rRtBifi0N ~ Hfsr0Rt 40
THf tP0>fiIV tRfID
raeh ~ the r~en- +, s., rtbu, e'i Q ss~s'.e
me aasrst aver the >Ie~es tr~ea
the , sunsli ~ rr-ni ard the ' siirss
tsaosu The Ns-tWtn.isf q eaf rsst.a.


a revision II 'hc old Westminster Z On.
f~~-,un ~ Path and ha- rrfrrr-'i the cr~-c
thu. accepted - tho various Ire-hytrris-
for their consideration III" creed IN ~
new form was presented to the convention
tv n committee which had been discussing
IN. changes fHr v"ar or moro and vas
adopted With = hgh' lear' oulv fwu r"gr-
tive votes ~sre east against u. and those
wer" rscor,ied amid Is''rS and laughter
According 10 , student - the HISTORY 81
er,e,!t ~" ether -Nrod~ e 'hr'st"udoin
~err No., mad. - rapidly 49, wa- this re-
vision 'rrcds are opmpronli~s-, som" one
has aid. and In reaching the middle path
of ccmpromisc u - not Uncommon To- PAS
through stony ground and T." arrive in M
mood Tor cheers AMI laughter.
The great crrrd uf the Western church
In all ~ denominations and ssV'ts iS the
Apostls-' Crsed Catholic tradition sav~
that this was composed hy th" Apostles
on IN" dav II prntccu-' 'n s-rur" unity
a. teaching According to the story. each
apostle contributed OF" article, the entire
creed being madc up thu.
r,,er began hy saying believe In God
tho Father Almighty" ard John cun'inued
'MAker - Heaven AM Earth Jam"- fol
lowed And In Jesus Christ His only Son.
our Lord" then Andr"S Who was con.
crivet by the Holy Ghost born Of the
Virgin MARY rh ilir. Suffered under
Pontius PLATE. was Cruciii,d. dead and
buried. Thomas continued with And Nh"
third day n" To~o again from the dead
Then came Bartholomew. "hcs" ccntrihI-
tion Wa -ilc assembled .utu Heaven and
stitch a. the right hard uf God IN" Father.
and Matthew From thence ." shlll come
10 Judge the Iu.'k and ~" decd Jan"~
tho less began IA" final section lslieve
a. tho Holy Ghost IN" Holy athohC hurch.
SIMON Zelotc- followed The communion
Of saints ~" forgiveness of sirs. Jude
tile resurrection of the body, and Mat
thias. tho recently chosen apostle. ended
with Aud IN" He everlasting
Thr second sr"a' creed uf III. Church j.
the Nlc"ur, more popular ia the Eastern
than IN 'hn Western Church. In ~ original
form n was adopted At the great Council
held At \i,pI. IN Bituvuia. in 4 u 325, At
the orcirr, uf Ions,aut,n" To dcNi~' a way
to se'ti" IA" Arian controversy This con
truvcr-y was over IA" question uf th.
Trinity, the followers ~ AriuS holding
that the SON wa not absolutely ,u"t.rnaI
with ~" Path" that ih"rr had l-'rn rlr,"
however brief. when tl. son had not ~
listed Wherever tho adh.rrui~ ~ this
h"pssv ~ of the prthOtiuN view wen, IA I h..
na'uriiv they prr~''r'It"d their upI"nrnt~
Athan1~iiI~. ArohhlsIHp of Alexandria was
expelled from hts throne Hy IN" ArIau- fiVe
separate times AriUs himself. when the
j. ndulum swung III" other wav. Wa han
I~h"d to- lliyrlCIIIn. wh"rc b. dI'd
To tho fact that Cpu~iautii" nuI.o-ad the
Ar'n h"r'~y l. du". probably. that m"
Council ~ NitTl decided against trius
and his t"n"ts tn" council was not
peao'ful meeting Il ~at under IL" I'm
yeror'- quartz. aud Con>tantln" hin-.lf
frequently attended n. always a. a p"a.-ful
disciple M appearance, hut naturally not
without ln.lurnCiUg even hts teachers
The il-rpl--Ip Ipf~ were violent. ur. creed
proposed wa- -siN'd and actually. not
fgnrntIV"iv. torn 10 pirrrs by 'h" or'h"-
ipN 'uIrpItfy. md tI' council did not
d'oiir ,,.r ~ favor uf m" TRINITY until
tn Emperor vump 'ii''i n - do - hy THREAT
ening To- blnisi ,h-~'u'rr~
TIL" Nlu"n" creed wa- finally adoplrd
not a 81 tands TO-DAY. however. for ~
end"t nhnp'Iv WITH ia" words "vIdenclug
belief IH h' HOLY Ghost Tn Council
Df con u,.""ul" added th" words nov
part ot 'I. Greed. but retained thu single
pruC,',-Iuu" "i th' Holy Ghn,t. that l..
rccugniN'd 'hI' EF.-ru o' IA" Trinity -
coming from IN" Father oriv In 'hi-
doS Greek Church
A. tn" council of ToI"do. held m 5sa
Tho -dnuhl' procession "f tL' Holy Ghost
was r"Coguind a ccum"ulcallv FOR The nr-i
tlfn". Ihi. 3. On" dogma hat th" HOLY
Spirit pro,-.,d- from thu Father and th.
Son. The iu~"rtiIp Of IA" single Latin
word tipgu' -and from ~" Snn j. which
z 'Coguis"l fhI- double pruy.-~ion. caused
u" division b.lNcrr 'lr Fast'rn and ih,
Western churchc-. which "raur'- 'u this
dav
The ,'ror srca' ,r,','. called th" Aha-
nasiar, Is u"' nov a-,s.i-.d 90 NJ Nha-
nasiu~. hIt ~ probably s.i> forth IA" Dri"f
~ thai Dt1"i lppur.u' If Aiani~u. ami T.
sC-'pt"d lv th" Western churcus- a.
valuable s-ruhpi Of thoir lsiicf
III. gr'sr council ~ IN" church which
ssi ~ Tn.ui ~ the Austrian Tvrol from
Dec ~. 1873, 20 lI''. {. ljG3. wI. h lnierrgp-
tions ~um'liil's 'l-iirg fur v.IrS. enacted
the lri1rntIu" Dyor'"~, which 49, forth
the posI'l," dncj riuo~ ~ 'h' Catholic Church
p nd paw" tiIe way .or rhr Iridcutiu" Creed
~ herwi.-. known - 10" Creed of Pus ~
More recent unfni.t'ug~ ~ Catholic dogma
he vC ls'n thc definition Of the lmmBCuiaic e.
Conception by popr Plus N on DrC
isSi Fri p" ,'"C'r" of M" Vatican Council
Of isSp- -. which proclaimed IA. dpgmn
Of th" infaluhlitV uf ~" Pop. ~ matters
% religion N'vpn hunuurd and nlne,e'u
prpla'r~ o' ~" catholic thurch met IN
lhc ht-ili-a of the Vatican on Dee = l>d9
10 consider u nHf flTf the ini1lllhil'N ~ ItH
popa in al matters 90 rlgion should ic
proclaimed A. = dogma oi the Church ~
'he-s Bishop by lar the greater paT' ~
in favor - tu" tmmrdldt" proc lamation
az tho prppr."d 6sCr-'. th" ui~-eui tents
opgp,-sd n a. inoDIortuts'. uhil. a f.w ant
no' consider that u ~hnud be proclaimed
~ al! l.Vrp ~ -uiie uf IT. prac,icai una
nim'y %" council was not always wholly
peaceful
On MaTcl q 1870 Bishop S'ro--mavar
objected 10 m" prppu-'sd rule by which
rgtter- wrrc go IT, dcc,l,-d bv = ma iuriiv.
" hen be- wa interrupted bv shouts. -Cuiur
down frum tho ,ri}un..' Nnu az" - h.fetlc'
I..t ~ r,ndcrtu Liun'- Several Bishops
Threatened ~irp~s mayer. shaking th..ir
f~'s 'n h,s fa"c tud when bishop PlaC" Of
Nai~"ille- cyrla ruri ! ito not condemn
hi:r. % th" cr, Wa rai-"d again We all con
drmn ht'n.- aui tii" SPEAKER had to leaN,
~" irinur" under pruirs,
Ih.N, y '.l earlier more han one hundred
BlsAop- mad prpI"-t''i again~i the order ~
husii-r.. aud ,mm",iiairlv after the No,.
which showed 'hn' 'h" council would rexun- /
mend the prpclauation. "A deputation waited /
m the Forr a. klng him To- DELAY matters
Before the prumulgatiun of the dogma !
10 Rishor- Withdrew from the COUNCIL |
and the final vote showed 6sa -placcts.- /
and only two non placvts'--a practically +,
unanimous vote. The two prelateS who |
votct no" submitted to the voice Of the |
council before The close Of the session
The proClamat ion of tho dogma occurred |
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