Expert: John of AllFaith - 9/2/2010

Question
If the Apostles Creed was written by the Apostles,and most of the New Testament were written by the same Apostles and all were called Christ the Godman, why would the Creed be in error or manmade and the writings in Sacred Scipture be inspired. Faith in Christ and the Holy Spirit to run His Church seems to be in question. The Apostles Creed predates the debut of the Bible by 300 years
so by your statements from 33A.D. to 401A.D nobody could have possibly been saved because they couldn't have possibly had access to a Bible and this theory of Bible alone isn't an Apostolic teaching nor is even found in the Sacred Scripture?

Answer
Hi Glen,

Your question is filled with inaccurate assumptions.

---- If the Apostles Creed was written by the Apostles....

The Apostles Creed was not written by the Apostles. It's from the Fifth Century AD. They Catholic Church called it that because they supposedly believed it reflects the teachings of the Apostles and because it sounds authoritative (people assume they wrote it as you demonstrate). If its not in the New Testament (or in one of the books of the same period that were not included in the cannon) it was not written by them.

--- ... and most of the New Testament were written by the same Apostles...

Most of the New Testament was written by Paul and his students Luke (books of Luke and Act) and Mark (book of Mark). Luke and Mark were not Apostles and Paul was not an Apostle until after Jesus died and returned to Heaven. Indeed, we call him an "Apostle" but he was not one of the 12 (Matthias replaced Judas, not Paul).

---.... all were called Christ the Godman...

Whether the Apostles believed Jesus was a "Godman" or not is debated. Baptists of course accept this belief as do most Christians. Just to be clear... but historically many Christians did not. Many still do not.

--- ...why would the Creed be in error or manmade and the writings in Sacred Scipture be inspired

The Apostle's Creed (the Nicean Creed etc) are not inspired texts nor are they claimed to be. They are documents meant to define Church dogma.

The belief is that all 66 books of the Bible are "God Breathed." The rest is commentary.

--- ...Faith in Christ and the Holy Spirit to run His Church seems to be in question....

By who?

--- ... The Apostles Creed predates the debut of the Bible by 300 years...

I assume you mean here the creation of the Catholic Church in the 300's. The Nazarene Way of Y'shua (Jesus), his Reformed Jewish Movement, began on the Day of Pentecost according to most calculations. However understand that Jesus did not come to create a new religion. He came to reform Judaism and to usher in the Kingdom of God on earth. That Kingdom was rejected however when the elders of Israel failed to accept him as Mashiach (Messiah). But in any case, the Apostle's Creed was not penned by the Apostles which I think is your point.

--- so by your statements from 33A.D. to 401A.D nobody could have possibly been saved because they couldn't have possibly had access to a Bible and this theory of Bible alone isn't an Apostolic teaching nor is even found in the Sacred Scripture?...

By my statements?
I'd never make such an uninformed statement.

God provided the Way of Salvation through the Noahide Covenant (instituted immediately after the global deluge), then through the Abrahamic Covenant, then through the Mosaic Covenant at Sinai, then through the New Covenant established by Y'shua (Jesus). There has never been a time when salvation was not available. Read Hebrews chapters 11.

God has always required the same thing for those who would come to Him: Faith.

Hope this clarifies things for you.
Feel free to write back,

~ John of AllFaith
~ Yochanan ben Avraham