Trust this will be helpful for saints to study this ancient creed of the Church:


We believe in one true God (Heb 11:6, 1 Corinthians 8:4-6, Romans 3:29-31, Eph 4:6)
The Father Almighty (1Cor. 8:6Rev. 1:8)
Maker of heaven and earth (Ex. 20:11, Gen. Ch. 1 &2)
and of all things visible and invisible (Jer. 32:17. Col. 1:16)
And in the one Lord (Acts 10:36) Jesus (Matt. 1:21) Christ (John 4:25-26),
the only-begotten Son of God (John 1:14),
begotten of the Father before all worlds(1 John 4:9),
Light of Light, very God of very God (John 1:4, 1 John 1:5-7, John 12:35-37, John 5:18),
begotten, not made (John 8:58),
being of the same substance with the Father (John10:30);
and by whom all things were made (John 1:3);
+ who for us men and for our salvation (Mat 1:21) came down from heaven (John 3:31),
+ and was incarnate of the Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God (Luke 2:6),
by the Holy Ghost (Luke 1:35), and became man (John 1:14);
+ and was crucified for us (Mark 15:25) in the days of Pontius Pilate (Matt 27:22-26);
and suffered, and died, and was buried (Matt 27:50-60);
And the third day rose again (Matt 28:6) according to His will (1.Cor 15:4),
and ascended into heaven (Luke 24:51), and sat on the right side of the Father (Mark 16:19); and shall come again in His great glory (Matt 25:31),
to judge both the quick and the dead (2 Tim 4:1);
whose kingdom shall have no end (Luke 1:33);
And in the one living Holy Spirit (John 14:26),
the life-giving Lord of all (2cor 3:17-18, Is. 6:8, Acts 28:25 Rom 8:2, 2.Cor 3:6),
who proceeds from the Father (John 15:26):
and who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified (Rev. 4:8),
who spoke by the Prophets and Apostles (2 Peter 1:21);
And in the One (John 10:16), Holy (Eph 5:26-27, 2 Peter 2:5&9),
Catholic (Rom 10:18 "Catholic" means universal or comprehensive, as well as "relating to the ancient undivided Christian church")
and Apostolic (Eph 2:20) Church;
and we acknowledge one Baptism (Eph. 4:5) for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38),
and look for the resurrection of the dead (Rom 6:5),
and the new life in the world to come (Mat. 25:34., Rev. 21:1-7). Amen.

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SI Moderator - Greg Gordon

Saints,

I copied it from here when I was researching older history of the Indian Church: http://malankaraorthodoxchurch.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=104&Itemid=217 I am not sure if the universal church added holy and mother of god or if is just this movement.

Towards mother of God, this was a phrase that all the Church called mary after a council that was speaking on heresy of jesus not being god in the flesh, here is their perspective: http://malankaraorthodoxchurch.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=149

I personally wrote an article on this subject below why the church called mary God-bearer (greek: Theotokos) or mother of God (meaning she actually bore God himself in her flesh) "the fulness of diety lived in bodily form.

Otherwise I thought the references were nice for saints to look up, I am sorry for the confusion.

here would be the historical creed:

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father [and the Son]; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

from: https://www.ccel.org/creeds/nicene.creed.html

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The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” – Luke 1:28

We could say that modern evangelicals have a too low view of Mary the mother of Jesus while other Church traditions have a too-high view of her. When someone called out during Jesus teaching, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you” (Luke 11:27). He replied succinctly that rather blessed are those people who obey God’s words. In no way was Mary ever worshipped or prayed to, veneration though was simply where the early Church would respect a holy prophet, apostle or saint who was greatly used of the Lord. Such veneration did become worship in some Christian circles which God says that He alone is to be given glory (Psalm 115:1). The best any past saint, martyr can be is an example of how to live godly and to be an example of someone who preserved to the end in the faith (Jude 1:3).

Some evangelicals have decided that any reverence of past believers is idolatry which is an over reaction to the abuses in veneration. In the book of Hebrews there is a famous list of saints who went before us (Hebrews 11) in the next chapter the conclusion is given “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1) we should run this race of the Christian life. So in context we see that the Early Church had a view of reverencing the life’s of past prophets and believers as examples to encourage them on their way to Heaven. When we think of Mary the mother of Jesus we need to realize why in the early Church history she was called God-bearer (greek: Theotokos), another way to say that is mother of God. That sounds a wrong chord in the minds of modern evangelicals but when we investigate and realize that there were many Church councils and discussions on the Deity of Jesus Christ and if he was truly God in the flesh. False doctrines were forming claiming him not to be or in various forms not God in the true sense of God. When the entire Church came to the conclusion that Jesus was God fully since inception, he was begotten in eternity past and was begotten into Mary’s womb. Therefore he was fully God in the womb and essentially that made Mary the actual mother of God in the flesh.

Early Christians saw this as a very holy thing and not something trivial, of all women she was one that was called to be the Lord’s servant (Luke 1:38) in one of the most wonderful ways. We should not be ashamed nor reluctant to consider Mary as one of the holy examples to us of a godly life in the Scriptures. And that God gave her the special place in the history of the world to bear God into the flesh. We simply think to little of this great example of a godly life and need to re-capture reverence for not only God but the things and ways God has worked through believers in the past.

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SI Moderator - Greg Gordon

Brother,

In my post just above your post, I personally wrote the last 3 paragraphs as a short article.

I think it is nothing wrong for evangelicals to call mary, mother (lower case "m") of God or God-bearer. Also she is without question the godliest and most important woman of history, we should speak and think of her as such. And therefore she is also an excellent example for sisters, just like paul is, as he said follow me as I follow Christ. So we can walk as the Lord did on the earth. (1 John 2:6).

Trust that helps.

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SI Moderator - Greg Gordon