A Creed (n.) learned by rote is, quite simply, paganism.
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A Creed (n.) can be recited word for word by two men, one saved and one lost.
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A Creed (n.) can be recited word for word by two people, one saved and one lost, because the road is how it is walked.
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Creed (n.) is meaningless where all agree, as when every guest praises a dish as the most precious of foods and none of them touches it.
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The Creed (n.) recited by heart hides one clause that is not about Christ but about you: "he was believed on in the world," which asks, have you believed?