Following the focus of the last two years on the Old and New Testaments, as we continue to reflect on the Mystery of Faith, we are invited this year to consider the Nicene Creed, (the first part from the Council of Nicaea in 325AD, the second from that of Constantinople in 381AD).
There is a logical progression in this - or rather a theo-logical one. It teaches us about God and how God reveals himself to us. Prophesied in the Old Testament as the promised Messiah (Christ) and hidden mystically in its story of salvation, Jesus was revealed to the Apostles: the New Testament is their written witness. The Church is called in every age to live and reflect on these revealed mysteries recorded in Scripture.
As the bishop reads at every licensing of clergy, ‘The Church of England is part of the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church worshipping the one true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It professes the faith uniquely revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the Catholic creeds, which faith the Church is called upon to proclaim afresh in each generation.’ This year we move through the Creed, showing how it unfolds for us the transforming Mysteries of Christ. But because Christianity is not just about ideas but about lives transformed by God’s revelation, each presentation will consider the Creed’s doctrines through the image of a particular person who lived that faith intensely.
Where: George Bell House, 4 Canon Lane
When: 12.00 - 2.00pm on Wednesdays throughout Lent, including a simple sandwich lunch followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the Lady Chapel from 2.30-3.30pm.
- Week One (12th March): God the Father Almighty
- Week Two (19th March): The Only Son of God
- Week Three (26th March): The Holy Spirit
- Week Four (2nd April): One Holy Catholic & Apostolic Church
- Week Five (9th April): The Life of the World To Come
- Week Six (Tuesday 15th April): We will meet from 11.00am to 1.00pm to read through the Gospel of Luke. Tea and Coffee will be provided. Please bring your own Bibles.
If you would like to attend any or all of these sessions, please contact Chris George (E: chris.george@chichestercathedral.org.uk | T: 01243 812488) to register so that we have an idea about numbers for catering purposes. Please do let us know if you have any special dietary requirements.
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