The Apostolic Creed is for Catholics and offshoots and it seeks to establish the Church as of the Apostles versus of Jesus Christ. I would never recite it even in a Protestant faith church as it to me is an aberration and a pledge of allegiance to that Church which I refuse to do.
So if Trump refused to recite that I count it as a good thing, Christ teaches us that we are members of the Body of Christ and my allegiance is to Him directly, not a religion.
It’s probably that he hasn’t recited it since he was a kid. I don’t think we need to go to the decoder ring for this one.
I beg to differ. More like the Church of Jesus as passed on through the apostles ... as he commanded them to do.
We are to refrain from vain repetitions, which for many are simply "empty words" recited without conviction. (Matthew 6:7). Jesus explains this and gives a model prayer for us to use. (Matthew 6:9ff). He doesn't say "pray these words", he says "after this manner pray ye...".
But get this -- people vainly repeat this as well!
It is breathtakingly absurd for the news media to lecture believers on Christian conduct!
Grew up Methodist saying it, then got a little wiser and quit saying it. Don’t consider myself Methodist anymore...just Christian.
Somebody has misinformed you about this. If I were you, I'd get back to whoever it was who told you this, and inform them that is the oldest historically attested creed, older than the Nicaean, and in its simplest form was part of the summary profession of Faith for Baptism by the late 2nd century.
People who try to drive a wedge between the Lord and His Apostles and their successors, have a significant lacuna in their grasp of history.