Belief
Doctrine
What the Church holds to be true, stated plainly. The creed binds the speaker; it commands no one else.
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- The CreedThe binding statement of faith, short by design. What is binding should fit in the mouth.
- The Ten Articles of FaithThe load-bearing tenets of the Church, each a sentence expanded into a paragraph.
- The CatechismQuestion and answer, for those new to the faith and for the discipline of those long in it.
The articles prevail. Sermons may interpret them and the liturgy may pray them; none of these may contradict them.