Question of the day:

Can a person articulate a belief system without being creedal?

Answer:

If the focus of a person’s faith corresponds to the referent of the description and not the description itself, it is entirely possible.

The Nicene Creed
Church Fathers

I believe in one God, the Father almighty.
Maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen,
and in one Lord, Jesus Christ, only begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all worlds,

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
begotten not made, of one being with the Father,
through whom (him) all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit he was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.


Follow-up questions:

Why are so many afraid to say they affirm this statement of beliefs?

What do they believe?

If they put their own beliefs into words what would be the difference?

Oculi plus vident quam oculus
"Several eyes see more than only one"