Hi-Whatever "creed" we come out with-is indeed "our own making" For me, Sacred Tradition is important and for a member of the LDS Church The Book of Mormon and D&C would be important.
Do we limit-in both cases-scripture to the Old and New Testament?
In any case-such a "creed" or "articles of faith" would indeed be our own making,
Both religious traditions believe that the Holy Spirit/The Heavenly Father and/or prophesy or sacred tradition is active within their religious community of faith.
I often thought if you one could take just the OT and NT-and take it to a culture who never heard of any religion-to have them read the OT and NT--wth no prompting-and see what they come up with.-probably impossible to do-but would be interesting.
Each of us comes to our religious tradition/faith with a particular bias/teaching of our faith based on our past and present experiences with it and other faith traditions we may have been exposed to.
-Carol
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Originally Posted by knightinshiningarmour
For an exercise in scholarship, study the scriptures and write your own creed. Then you can compare with the historic creeds and see where they differ.
I think that mentally, we all have a creed in mind of our own making. Might as well put it on paper.
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