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To: NYer
Fr. Z has commented on His Holiness, George Augustus Stallings, Jr.'s AACC credal statements. Here's their version of the Nicene Creed:
We believe in one God, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, only begotten Son of God - God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God, begotten not made, one in being with God through whom - all things were made both in heaven and on earth. We acknowledge Christ as the True Truth, the Way, and Abundant Life. We believe that Christ is mighty to save and strong to deliver. For all of humankind and for our liberation, [God] came down from the heavens, divested of the… preexistent glory, became flesh, took on the form of a slave, and humbled Himself in obedience.

His birth was the work of the Holy Spirit through the Virgin Mary and He became a person and lived among us. We believe that in the salvific act of Jesus Christ, God radically identified with us — the transcendent became temporal, the infinite interrupted the finite, and the Beyond entered into our midst. Ours problems are His problems, our sorrows are His sorrows, and our joys are His joys. We believe that Christ being found in the fashion of a person, accepted the will of God for His life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, suffered, and was buried. On the third day, He arose again according to the Scriptures. He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of God. [God] will come again as promised, to judge the living and the dead, and [God’s] kingdom will have no end. We believe that God has highly exalted Him and that at the name of Jesus, every knee must bow and every tongue must confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God. We believe in the ‘Holy Spirit who as our Guide, Inspiration, Comforter, and Giver of Live proceeds from the Mother-I’ Father and the Son and is worshipped and glorified with them. We believe that when the Holy Spirit is present in our lives we have power to be "stand fast" … in the liberty wherewith Christ has set us free."

We believe that just as the Holy Spirit has spoken through the prophets, the Holy Spirit is still revealing to all of us anew the will, the way, the witness, and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church as a manifestation of the brotherhood and sisterhood of all people under the Motherhood and Fatherhood of God. We believe in the communion of saints, we acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins and we look with joyful hope to the resurrection of the dead and life of the world to come. Amen.

Other goodies, too, at Fr. Z's blog.

Oh, and here's His Holiness:

12 posted on 07/12/2006 2:09:00 PM PDT by Carolina
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To: Carolina

I remember Stallings, that is, I read about him. He was a Catholic priest until he was accused of molesting boys. Naturally, this qualified him to be supreme head of his own church. I didn't know he had promoted himself to the rank of patriarch.


13 posted on 07/12/2006 3:13:41 PM PDT by Christopher Lincoln
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To: Carolina

Reading this on WDTPRS blog by Fr. Z is worth the time because it emphasises all the errors in bold.


17 posted on 07/13/2006 7:41:48 AM PDT by CatholicLady
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