United
Church Beliefs
Almost every Christian church has a statement or statements of its
fundamental beliefs. These are often called articles of religion
or articles of doctrine. (The word "doctrine" simply means
"teaching.") These historic statements have a unique defining
role in the faith of the church.
At
the same time their authority is not unlimited. From the beginning,
those who envisioned the United Church believed that Christians
could distinguish between "the substance of the faith"
and all particular (e.g. denominationally or culturally specific)
expressions of it. For our forebears, this meant that there would
be an ongoing clarification of this substance through
periodic restatement, given changing context and challenges.
From
the United Church of Canada Web Site
http://www.united-church.ca/ucc/webelieve.shtm
Creed
Stewardship
What
we believe
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