宗徒信经 Apostles Creed 宗徒信经(文言文) 我信全能者天主圣父,化成天地。我信唯一圣子、耶稣基利斯督我等主。我信其因圣神降孕,生于玛利亚之童身。我信其受难,于般雀比辣多居官时,被钉十字架,死而乃瘗。我信其降地狱,第三日自死者中復活。我信其升天,坐于全能者天主圣父之右。我信其日后从彼而来,...
The Apostles Creed does not contain all the truths of what Catholics believe, just the important ones. Therefore the Creed was changed over time so that all the important points could be stated as simply and as clearly as possible without losing their meaning. As you can see the Apostles Cre...
The Meaning of “Catholic” 『天主教』一词,起源自拉丁语的「Catholicus」,意思是「普遍的」,翻译作中文「公」是取自「天下为公」的「公」;「公教会」一词的最早出现在宗徒信经中所述的「圣而公教会」(anctam Ecclesiam catholicam),其涵义因着公元381年,召开的第一次尼西亚大公会议诞生的尼西亚信经得到进...
The Apostle’s Creed says Jesus "was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell and rose again.” How could the Son of God go into hell? Why did he go there? Answer: Jesus’ descent into hell means that Jesus “sojourned in the realm of the dead prior to his resurrectio...
This fascinating summary of Catholic beliefs examines the Apostles' Creed as both a treasury of faith and an invitation to entrust oneself more completely to God. Noted Washington, D.C. pastor and teacher Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi...Peter J. Vaghi...
Traditional Protestants are able to recite the Apostles’ Creed without qualms, though to some lines they must give meanings different from those given by Catholics, who composed the creed. For instance, we refer to “the holy Catholic Church,” meaning a particular, identifiable Church on earth...
However, we have yet to define the wordcatholic. It comes from the Greekkatholikos, the combination of two words:kata-concerning, andholos-whole. Thus, concerning the whole. According to theOxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the wordcatholiccomes from a Greek word meaning “regarding the ...
“Saint” attached to his or her name, but we can hope that they are interceding for us, through the mercy of a forgiving God, and through the workings of the Holy Spirt. As theApostles Creedproclaims, “I believe in the Holy Spirit… the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,...
The Rosary’s Beads and Their Meaning Daily Prayers for the Poor Souls in Purgatory Nine Beaded Chaplet PrayersFiled Under: Prayers Tagged With: catholic, prayers, Religion, Religious Jewelry, Rosary, Rosary Beads Comments Corrinne says: I’ve got a rosary that I was gifted during a very dif...
First we notice Hebraisms (per omnia scecula sceculorum), many Greek constructions (per Dominum nostrum, meaning “for the sake of”, Soot) and words (Eucharistia, litania, episcopus), expressions borrowed from Biblical metaphors (pastor, liber prcedestinationis, crucifigere carnem, lux, ...