Brief Thoughts on Hell, Part 2

Actually, for my Brief Thoughts on Hell, Part 2, I am recommending that you read Matt Anslow's post which is titled: jesus and hell (part 1): weeping and gnashing of teeth. I think that he has some really good thoughts on the matter. I hope you enjoy reading it. His post is found at life.remixed the blog by matt anslow which is at the following link:

http://liferemixed.net/2011/10/12/jesus-and-hell-1/

Reference:

jesus and hell (part 1): weeping and gnashing of teeth | life.remixed

The Nicene Creed

The Nicene Creed is the creed that is mostly used in Christian liturgy for the profession of the faith. It was first adopted in its original form in the year 325 at the First Council of Nicaea which would be geographically in present day Turkey. The creed is a form of measure which encompasses the correct general belief held by Christians. The Creed today reads as follows in the Church of England:

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and was made 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,
who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,
who 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.
Amen.



Reference:
http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/newpatterns/contents/sectione.aspx

1 Corinthians 15

First Corinthians, chapter fifteen, is amazing because it contains the historical creed about the resurrection of Christ that is perhaps the reason the Church grew, and has grown to more than two billion today. Below are verses three to verse nine of the chapter.


[3]For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
[4] that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,
[5] and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
[6] Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
[7] Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
[8] Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
[9] For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

-St. Paul(Bible, Revised Standard Version)


Reference:

Bible, Revised Standard Version

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=5230210