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Katechismus Novoapoštolské církve (v angličtině)

Professions of the New Testament

The Christian faith is intended to be shared with others. Already in early times, Christians were instructed to profess their faith and testify of it to others: "Always be ready to give a defence to everyone" (1 Peter 3: 15).

The New Testament contains statements and formulations in which the fundamental elements of the Christian faith, namely the profession of Jesus as the resurrected Lord, come to expression. Examples of this are:

"For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the Twelve" (1 Corinthians 15: 3-5).

"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Philippians 2: 5-11).

These formulations served to give authoritative expression to the faith and impart the fundamentals of Christian faith to those who wanted to be baptised and become Christians. Beyond that, belief in Jesus Christ, which was already menaced by heresies in New Testament times, was to be spread in unadulterated fashion.