Kanuni ya Imani

Kanuni ya imani, au Ungamo la imani, au Tamko la imani, au Nasadiki (Ukristo) au Shahada (Uislamu) ni fomula iliyopangwa kwa muhtasari ili wafuasi wa dini fulani wakiri kwamba wanaamini mafundisho ya dini hiyo.

Katika Uyahudi
Inajadiliwa kama dini ya Uyahudi ina kanuni ya imani. Baadhi wanasema ipo, nayo ni Shema Yisrael (Kumb 6:4), inayoanza hivi: "Sikiliza, ee Israeli: Bwana Mungu wetu, Bwana ni mmoja."

Katika Ukristo
Katika Ukristo ni maarufu hasa Kanuni ya Imani ya Nisea Konstantinopoli, iliyotungwa mwaka 325 katika Mtaguso wa kwanza wa Nisea na kukamilishwa mwaka 381 katika Mtaguso wa kwanza wa Konstantinopoli. Ndiyo ya kwanza katika ya Mitaguso ya kiekumene. Msingi wa fomula hiyo ni Agano Jipya lilivyoeleweka kwa kawaida na maaskofu wa Kanisa wa karne ya 4, ambayo ni muhimu sana katika ufafanuzi wa imani uliofanywa na mababu wa Kanisa. Karibu madhehebu yote ya Ukristo yanakubali hadi leo kanuni hiyo.Johnson, Phillip R. "The Nicene Creed."  Accessed 17 May 2009 

Pamoja nayo inakubalika sana Kanuni ya Imani ya Mitume iliyotokea Roma katika maadhimisho ya liturujia, hasa ubatizo.

Kabla ya hizo kutungwa, katika Barua ya kwanza kwa Wakorintho (15:3-7) Mtume Paulo aliandika aina ya kanuni ya imani ambayo mwenyewe aliikuta alipoongokea Ukristo akaieneza katika uinjilishaji wake.

Katika Uislamu
Waislamu wanatamka maneno ya shahada kama nguzo mojawapo ya dini yao ili kumkiri Mungu pekee (Allah) na mtume Muhammad kama rasuli wake."The Shahada, or  Shahāda / kalimatu-sh-shahādah / kelime-i şehadet." A. Ismail Mohr. Accessed: 28 May 2012

Tanbihi

Marejeo
 Christian Confessions: a Historical Introduction, [by] Ted A. Campbell. First ed. xxi, 336 p. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1996. ISBN 0-664-25650-3
 Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition. Edited by Jaroslav Pelikan and Valerie Hotchkiss.  Yale University Press 2003.
 Creeds in the Making: a Short Introduction to the History of Christian Doctrine, [by] Alan Richardson. Reissued. London: S.C.M. Press, 1979, cop. 1935. 128 p. ISBN 334-00264-8
 Ecumenical Creeds and Reformed Confessions. Grand Rapids, Mich.: C.R.C. [i.e. Christian Reformed Church] Publications, 1987. 148 p. ISBN 0-930265-34-3
 The Three Forms of Unity (Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession, [and the] Canons of Dordrecht), and the Ecumenical Creeds (the Apostles' Creed, the Athanasian Creed, [and the] Creed of Chalcedon). Reprinted [ed.]. Mission Committee of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America, 1991. 58 p. Without ISBN

Viungo vya nje
 The Creeds of Christendom  – A website linking to many formal Christian declarations of faith.
 Creeds and Canons – A Guide to Early Church Documents from Internet Christian Library
 ICP Website International Creed for Peace 

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