Editing Creed (section)

{{Short description|Statement of belief}}
{{About|a statement of belief}}
{{Redirect|Articles of Faith}}
{{Redirect-distinguish|Confession of faith|Profession of faith}}
[[File:Nicaea icon.jpg|thumb|[[Icon]] depicting [[Constantine I and Christianity|Emperor Constantine]] (center) and the Fathers of the [[First Council of Nicaea]] (325) as holding the [[Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed]] of 381]]A '''creed''', also known as a '''confession of faith''', a '''symbol''', or a '''statement of faith''', is a statement of the shared [[belief]]s of a community (often a religious community) which summarizes its core tenets.

Many [[Christian denominations]] use three creeds: the [[Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed]], the [[Apostles' Creed]] and the [[Athanasian Creed]]. Some Christian denominations [[#Christians without creeds|do not use any of those creeds]]. 

The term ''creed'' is sometimes extended to comparable concepts in non-Christian theologies. The Islamic concept of ''[[ʿAqīdah|ʿaqīdah]]'' (literally "bond, tie") is often rendered as "creed".<ref name="Halverson">{{Cite book |last=Halverson |first=J. |title=Theology and Creed in Sunni Islam: The Muslim Brotherhood, Ash'arism, and Political Sunnism |publisher=Springer |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-349-28721-5 |location=New York, NY |pages=39 |language=en}}</ref>