The early confessions, following the NT, relate the church to the Holy Spirit as an object of the faith that is the Spirit’s work (“I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy church …”). The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed characterizes the church as one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, while the Apostles’ Creed¶ speaks of “the holy catholic church, the…
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Fahlbusch, Erwin,
Roloff, Jürgen,
Ritter, Adolf Martin,
Papandreou, Damaskinos,
Döring, Heinrich,
Rowell, Geoffrey,
Kühn, Ulrich,
Heron, Alasdair I. C.,
Durnbaugh, Donald F. and
Thung, Mady A.,
“Church”, in:
Encyclopedia of Christianity Online.
Consulted online on 04 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211-2685_eco_C605>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004169678, 20080512