Question about Creeds (ritual, creation, church, dogma, spiritual)

[spiritually inclined]

I am aware that the Apostle's Creed and the Nicene Creed are recited in the Episcopal church. The Apostle's Creed is also recited in the Methodist church. In the Methodist church, one is expected to agree with the general in particular but not necessarily every detail -- or the details or left for the person to decide.

How does the Episcopal church view the creeds? Is there room for interpretation, flexability, like in the United Methodist Church?

James

[sojourner]

Originally Posted by spiritually inclined

I am aware that the Apostle's Creed and the Nicene Creed are recited in the Episcopal church. The Apostle's Creed is also recited in the Methodist church. In the Methodist church, one is expected to agree with the general in particular but not necessarily every detail -- or the details or left for the person to decide.

How does the Episcopal church view the creeds? Is there room for interpretation, flexability, like in the United Methodist Church?

James

Always.
BTW, the Nicene Creed, "We believe..." is said at the Eucharist, the gathering of the whole Body. The Apostles' Creed, "I believe..." is said at the Daily Office, a service of a rather more personal nature.

[Terrywoodenpic]

I can not say that I believe either in every particular or interpretation.
As an Anglican no one is even going to question me about this.
I do believe the essence of both. I just have trouble with some of the detail.
Being a Christian in the Anglican Faith is not about details of dogma.
It is about the love of God His Son and the Holy Ghost .... as seen in them and your fellow man.

[Elvendon]

From what I've heard and been taught, Creeds were a rather artificial creation by the early church when it was pressured to transform the diverse forms of early Christianity into a regulated state cult.

As a result, I am rather sceptical of creeds. Religion is about being in social relations, not about what you think Anglicanism is, I feel, drifting away from the coventions set by the Constantinian Shift - about time too!