The Apostle's Creed

The Apostle’s Creed is a major work in the Christian faith that has been revised a multitude of times in order for it to accomplish its’s goal of being a standard for people to follow and learn over time. The Creed was altered until Charlemagne’s rule, during which he standardized the Creed, and it has been essentially the same ever since. According to Martin Luther in his Sermon on the Creed, the Apostle’s Creed is split up into three articles, the first being about creation and the Father, the second being about redemption and the Son, and the third about sanctification and the Holy Spirit. Creation is a major theme that not only appears in the Apostle’s Creed, but also is a fundamental principle of Christianity. Many major historical theologians …show more content…
Luther believes that without God’s creation, we would have nothing, not even our own lives. He states, “Do not let us think that we have created ourselves” (Martin Luther, trans. John W Doberstein, edi. John W Doberstein, “Ten Sermons on the Catechism, 1528”, Luther’s Works vol. 51, p. 163) meaning do not get greedy, we have done nothing for our lives, we do not even deserve them, we need to be thankful for what God has done for us. Luther ends his theories on creation with the question of why God created things that we have and he says, “But why has he given them to you and what do you think he gave them to you for?... No, in order that you should praise him and thank him” (Luther, p. 164). This shows that God did not create the Earth for himself, he created it for humans, and he deserves gratitude for doing this, since he gets no benefit from …show more content…
Before this day there was no separation between the waters under the sky and the sky itself. In Genesis 1:6-8 Moses describes God’s creations on the second day by saying, “And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.” The second day is just as important as the first day, and just as important as any of the seven days. On this day God creates a separation between the waters and the sky, and shows that we need to be thankful for these two creations as without the sky there would be no formidable way for people to survive, no way for them to breathe as there would be not only no air, but water would completely flood the earth if the “dome” or the sky was not created by God. This shows that the creation of the sky and the waters are good, but without life forms to live in these spaces, there is no real point to them. When god creates sea creatures and humans to live in these habitats, his creation appears very