Word: athanasian
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...Others: the Apostles' Creed, dating from the 2nd century; the Athanasian Creed, circa A.D. 361; the Nicean Creed, A.D. 381; and the Tridentene Profession, adopted by the Council of Trent in the 16th century...
...promulgated, "From the Housetops" came out in December of 1948 with an article by Raymond Karam presenting the complete doctrine of "no salvation," the reasons for believing it, and its historical background. In this article, entitled "Liberal Theology and Salvation," the author quoted several popes, two saints, and the Athanasian Creed...
...doctrine that has been more often denned than that having to do with the salvation of the soul," said Lebanon-born Dr. Fakhri Maluf, 36, assistant professor of philosophy, who became a member of the Roman Catholic Church nine years ago. "Pope after pope has spoken on it. The Athanasian creed opens with the statement: 'Whosoever wishes to be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic faith...
...marks of "godliness"? Do ablution, application of the Urim and Thummin, the wearing of phylacteries, and rhythmic beating upon the breast constitute "godliness"? Perhaps "godliness" is synonymous with regular attendance upon a house of worship. Or "godliness" may be consequent upon acceptance of a creed, say the Athanasian or its antithesis, the Nicene; perhaps even upon subscription to some system of dogma devised a thousand or five hundred years ago by the light of burning fagots...
...only illustration of his theory, and even that is highly inconclusive. His general frame of mind appears to remain constant, but he finds himself defending and rejecting very different things. The great issue may, according to the period, be a primitive taboo, the utterances of the Delphic oracle, the Athanasian creed, the Inquisition, the Geocentric theory, monarchy by the grace of God, witchcraft, slavery, war, capitalism, private property, or noble isolation. All of these tend to appear to the conservative under the aspect of eternity, but all of these things have come, many of them have gone, and the remainder...