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We, as the Presbyterian Church in Canada, believe: There is one true God whom to know is life eternal, whom to serve is joy and peace. God has created all that is. The whole universe testifies to the majesty and power of the Maker. God has come to us. The Lord spoke to the people of Israel and entered into covenant with them. From Israel came Jesus Christ, the Son of God, bringing salvation through a new covenant entered by faith. The Lord continues to come to us by the Holy Spirit, God present in the world, and Guide to the church, the new Israel. The church upholds and defends the truth given to the apostles and recorded in the Scriptures. The Old and New Testaments witness to God’s might acts. They reveal the Creator’s holy love, and lead us to Jesus Christ. The creeds of the early church preserve the faith of the apostles who first preached the Gospel of Christ. We receive them as a legacy in which the true interpretation of the Scriptures is protected. Therefore, with the one church universal we believe in one God, eternal Trinity. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, three in one, one in three, equal in power and glory. God is the Father to whom we come, the Son through whom we come, the Spirit by whom we come. We worship almighty God, the source of all life. With thanks we acknowledge God’s wisdom, power, faithfulness, and love. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, ever shall be! Living Faith a Statement of Christian Belief, 1.1-1.6, Copyright 1984 The Presbyterian Church in Canada
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