Profession of faith
A profession of faith is a personal and public statement of a belief or faith.
Judaism
Among the
Christianity
Origins
The profession of faith has its origin in the
By denomination
Various
Catholic Church
The rite of reception of baptized Christians into the communion of the Catholic Church states that "one who was born and baptized outside the visible communion of the Catholic Church is not required to make an abjuration of
I believe and profess all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches, and proclaims to be revealed by God.[6]
A long version of this Profession of Catholic Faith was composed by Pope Pius IV and was formerly used as part of one's devotions. Such a devotion was rooted in the Council of Trent.
As indicated in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, adults joining the Catholic Church were formerly asked to abjure the previous faith to which they belonged ("Hebrew superstition", the Islamic "sect of the infidel", or "the heretical errors of the evil sect" from which they came). The profession of faith used was the Tridentine Profession of Faith.[7]
Lutheran churches
When a baptized individual joins a Lutheran church, he or she becomes a Lutheran by making a profession of faith.[8]
Anglican churches
In the
Methodist churches
In the
A profession of faith is taken by confirmands, as well as new Christians joining the United Methodist Church.[12]
Baptist, Pentecostal and nondenominational Christianity
In Baptist, Pentecostal and nondenominational Christianity, which adheres to the doctrine of the
Islam
Among the
See also
- Act of Faith (Christian)
- Credo of the People of God
- Oath Against Modernism
References
- ^ Norman Solomon, Historical Dictionary of Judaism, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2015, p. 422
- ^ Anthony R. Cross, Recovering the Evangelical Sacrament: Baptisma Semper Reformandum, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2012, p. 41
- ^ Samuel Cheetham, A History of the Christian Church During the First Six Centuries, Macmillan, UK, 1894, p. 114
- ^ Schubert M. Ogden, The Understanding of Christian Faith, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2010, p. 74
- ISBN 978-0-930467-94-4.
- ^ Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, 491
- ISBN 978-0-81466215-1), pp. 435-436
- ^ Pascale Marson, Le guide des religions et de leurs fêtes, Presses de la Renaissance, Paris, 1999, p. 152–153
- ^ "Profession of Faith". Anglican Church of India. 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- The Church of England. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "The Baptismal Covenant I". Discipleship Ministries. 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Hahn, Heather (2012). "Church vitality: Professions of faith rise". United Methodist News Service. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Walter A. Elwell, Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, Baker Academic, USA, 2001, p. 132
- ^ Sébastien Fath, Du ghetto au réseau: Le protestantisme évangélique en France, 1800–2005, Édition Labor et Fides, Genève, 2005, p. 366
- ^ Edward E. Hindson, Daniel R. Mitchell, The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History: The People, Places, and Events That Shaped Christianity, Harvest House Publishers, USA, 2013, p. 33
- ^ Roger Foehrlé, L'Islam pour les profs : recherches pédagogiques, éd. Karthala Éditions, 1992, p. 66