It is sex that obsesses them, sex that is at the basis of their aesthetic creed.

The Lenin tomb is obviously adequate for double occupancy, Moscow is a crowded city, and the creed of Communism deplores waste.

`` There is not now, nor has there ever been in Emory University's charter or by-laws any requirement that students be admitted or rejected on the basis of race, color or creed.

There is not a formal creed within Judaism, though one has become especially authoritative.

Constantine is believed to have exiled those who refused to accept the Nicean creed — Arius himself, the deacon Euzoios, and the Libyan bishops Theonas of Marmarica and Secundus of Ptolemais — and also the bishops who signed the creed but refused to join in condemnation of Arius, Eusebius of Nicomedia and Theognis of Nicaea.

The Latin name of the creed, Quicumque vult, is taken from the opening words, " Whosoever wishes.

It is the first creed in which the equality of the three persons of the Trinity is explicitly stated, and differs from the Nicene-Constantinopolitan and Apostles ' Creeds in the inclusion of anathemas, or condemnations of those who disagree with the Creed ( like the original Nicene Creed ).

The theology of the creed is firmly rooted in the Augustinian tradition, using exact terminology of Augustine's On the Trinity ( published 415 AD ).

These include the Athanasian creed, which is today generally seen as being of 5th-century Galician origin.

The Apostles ' Creed ( Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum or Symbolum Apostolicum ), sometimes titled Symbol of the Apostles, is an early statement of Christian belief, a creed or " symbol ".

The United Methodist Hymnal also contains ( at # 882 ) what it terms the " Ecumenical Version " of this creed — a version which is identical to that found in the Episcopal Church's current Book of Common Prayer.

Theosophy is a nonsectarian organization based on Buddhist and Hindu teachings, and it promotes the view of the world as an interconnected whole and the unity and brotherhood of humankind " without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color ".

When the statement of faith is longer and polemical, as well as didactic, it is not called a creed but a confession of faith.

The term " creed " can also refer to a person's political or social beliefs or is sometimes used to mean religious affiliation.

Affirmation of this creed, which describes the Trinity, is generally taken as a fundamental test of orthodoxy for most Christian denominations.

Although some say Judaism is noncreedal in nature, others say it recognizes a single creed, the Shema Yisrael, which begins: " Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.

A creed is sometimes referred to as a symbol signifying a " token " by which persons of like beliefs might recognize each other.

There is no requirement to give assent to any other statement of belief or creed.

The third Ecumenical Council ( Council of Ephesus of 431 ) reaffirmed the original 325 version of the Nicene Creed and declared that " it is unlawful for any man to bring forward, or to write, or to compose a different ( – more accurately translated as used by the Council to mean “ different ,” “ contradictory ,” and not “ another ”) Faith as a rival to that established by the holy Fathers assembled with the Holy Ghost in Nicæa " ( i. e. the 325 creed ) This statement has been interpreted as a prohibition against changing this creed or composing others, but not all accept this interpretation.

The following statement of beliefs is not meant to be read or received as a " creed " that is set in theological concrete.

Because the membership of the FoR included many members of the Society of Friends ( Quakers ), who reject any form of written creed, it has always been stressed that the Basis is a statement of general agreement rather than a fixed form of words.

A Doctrinal Treatise was published in 1952, primarily for the sake of young men who went abroad in Civilian Public Service camps or other work programs, and it presents many doctrinal distinctives of the OGBB, but it is not a creed or formal statement of faith to which members must subscribe, as members interpret and apply some of its various points differently.

# Maintains the New Testament as its only creed, in harmony with which the above brief doctrinal statement is made.

* Mul Mantra – Basic statement of creed.

The Bob Jones University creed ( composed by journalist and prohibitionist Sam Small ) was an abbreviated statement of traditional orthodoxy, emphasizing those aspects of the faith that were under attack during the early twentieth century.

In the Latin creed put forth at this meeting there was inserted a statement of views drawn up by Potamius of Lisbon and Hosius of Cordoba, which, under the name of the Sirmian Manifesto, as it afterwards came to be known, threw the Church into disorder.

A creed is a statement of belief — usually religious belief — or faith.

A creed is a statement of belief.

A Confession of Faith is a statement of doctrine very similar to a creed, but usually longer.

Formula of Concord ( 1577 ) ( German, Konkordienformel ; Latin, Formula concordiae ; also the " Bergic Book " or the " Bergen Book ") is an authoritative Lutheran statement of faith ( called a confession, creed, or " symbol ") that, in its two parts ( Epitome and Solid Declaration ), makes up the final section of the Lutheran Corpus Doctrinae or Body of Doctrine, known as the Book of Concord ( most references to these texts are to the original edition of 1580 ).

Although the western Emperor Gratian held orthodox belief in the Nicene creed, the younger Valentinian II, who became his colleague in the Empire, adhered to the Arian creed.

With the creation of the creed, a precedent was established for subsequent local and regional councils of Bishops ( Synods ) to create statements of belief and canons of doctrinal orthodoxy — the intent being to define unity of beliefs for the whole of Christendom.

The purpose of a creed is to act as a yardstick of correct belief, or orthodoxy.

The Seventh Day Baptists do not hold a binding creed, and the belief system is relatively more flexible than mainstream Christianity, and the teachings Seventh Day Baptists hold may also vary from member to member.

Paine's creed encapsulates many of the major themes of the rest of his text: a firm belief in a creator-God ; a skepticism regarding most supernatural claims ( here the afterlife, later in the text, miracles ); a conviction that virtues should be derived from a consideration for others rather than oneself ; an animus against corrupt religious institutions ; and an emphasis on the individual's right of conscience.

As the University of London was the first in England to admit all, regardless of race, creed or political belief, it was largely consistent with Bentham's vision.

The Theosophical Society is absolutely unsectarian, and no assent to any formula of belief, faith or creed shall be required as a qualification of membership ; but every applicant and member must lie in sympathy with the effort to create the nucleus of an Universal Brotherhood of Humanity "..." ARTICLE XIII Offences-1.

The most important festivals of Assam are the Bihus, celebrated with fun and abundance by all Assamese people irrespective of caste, creed, religion, faith and belief.

Through a process of creed setting and division the Christadelphian movement emerged with a distinctive set of doctrines incorporating Adventism, anti-trinitarianism, the belief that God is a " substantial and corporeal " being, objection to military service, a lay-membership with full participation by all members, and other doctrines consistent with the spirit of the Restorationist movement.

While Christian based on Gnosis not creed / belief, the church considers itself part of the fellowship of Universal Christendom, that is part of the One Holy Catholic ( Universal ) and Apostolic Church.

* Latter Day Saint movement ( Mormonism ): Belief that the Book of Mormon and others to be additional divine scriptures ; belief in living prophets ; generally reject the Nicene creed and other early creeds.

Also during the FIFA World Cup, in 2002, Saudi officials protested against printing the flag on a soccer ball on the belief that kicking the creed with the foot was totally unacceptable.

Therefore the BJC creed affirmed the inspiration of the Bible and rejected the theory of human evolution as necessary tenets of Christian belief.

* We believe in the liberty of the individual under the law, in equal rights for all citizens regardless of gender, race, colour, creed or political belief, and in the individual's inalienable right to participate by means of free and democratic political processes in framing the society in which he or she lives ;

Adler talked about " deed, not creed "; his belief was that good works were the basis of ethical culture.

It is also a memorial to Kanakadasa and a testimony to the eclectic Hindu belief that devotion, poetry and sainthood are above caste and creed and certainty above orthodoxy.

On the one hand, enshrined in the American creed is the belief that people are created equal and have human rights ; on the other hand, blacks, as one tenth of the population, were treated as an inferior race and were denied numerous civil and political rights.

It is the common belief in this creed that enables all people — white, negroes, rich, poor, male, female, and foreign immigrants alike — with a common cause and allows for them to co-exist as one nation.