Articulating faith

I have been thinking for a while about having a series of posts where I go over the Articles of Faith and my thoughts and feelings on them.

I know that sometimes my liberality my seem at odds with the orthodoxy of my belief. I don't find contradiction there, but that may be because of things that are not clear to readers. I have written about some of those things in the past, but I've been doing this for a lot of years; no one is expected to keep track..

This is partially inspired by recent discussion of the Athanasian Creed and who counts as Christians. 

I had always thought people were referring to the Nicene Creed before, so it was interesting to learn there was another one. Apparently, there is also the Apostles' Creed, but Athanasius was a defender of the Nicene Creed, so if the Athanasian Creed was the most recent, it makes sense that it is the reference point. 

https://preparedspork.blogspot.com/2026/06/an-example-of-believers.html 

My church doesn't believe in it, so based on that, okay, fine. I do find it weird that the Protestants place so much of their definition on something pre-Reformation, but I don't know how much individuals believe it... I mean, faith can get very personal. Sometimes a lot of those things are more felt than thought. 

Both feeling and thinking are important to me. 

We don't have any creeds, but the Articles of Faith would give a good overall view. 

Joseph Smith had received a letter from the editor and owner of the Chicago Democrat asking about the church and faith. This was in 1842, so twelve years after the church was organized. The "Wentworth Letter" gave an introduction and history of the new church, and the articles are kind of a summing up. It doesn't contain everything we believe, but it gives a fairly good gist.

There are thirteen of them, so that is the plan for the next thirteen posts.