Declaration of Faith
THE DECLARATION OF FAITH IS ANGLICAN CLERGY EPISCOPAL OF DIOCESE
Declaration of faith
—THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
The Anglican Clergy Episcopal of Diocese declares its belief in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the Word of God and the only sufficient Rule of Faith. We entreat all the faithful to read the same diligently, not only as their duty and privilege but in obedience to Christ’s command, “Search the Scriptures.” For the moral instruction contained therein, it accepts also the so-called Apocryphal books.
— THE CREEDS
The Anglican Clergy Episcopal of Diocese accepts the Nicene Creed, without the “filioque” interpolation as the only one of universal obligation, and also believes the other two symbols known as the Apostles’ Creed and the Creed of S. Athanasius.
— THE COUNCILS
The Anglican Clergy Episcopal of Diocese receives as Ecumenical the Seven General Councils whose dogmatic decrees are today accepted by all Apostolic Churches of the East and West, viz:- (1) Nicea, 325; (2) Constantinople, 381; (3) Ephesus, 431; (4) Chalcedon, 451; (5) Constantinople, 553; (6) Constantinople, 680; (7) Nicea, 787.
— THE SAINTS
The Anglican Clergy Episcopal of Diocese believes that the departed saints are not dead, but living, and that if the prayers of the righteous on earth avail much, the prayers of our glorified brethren nearer the throne of God must be more potent. Hence, we consider it a good and useful practice to invoke the prayers of the saints for us, and to pray ourselves for the repose of the souls of the faithful departed.
— SACRED PICTURES AND IMAGES
The Anglican Clergy Episcopal of Diocese holds that pictures and images of Christ and the Saints may be reverenced as sacred things, though not adored. We do not deny to any Christian the use of this pious practice if it is an aid to worship, but we caution against abuses thereof when the picture or image is given the adoration which belongs only to God, or its veneration considered necessary to salvation or justification.
The Anglican Clergy Episcopal of Diocese sympathizes with GAFCON, Traditional Anglican Communion, and Orthodox Anglican communion.