1903 Universalist Creed

Found in the Gloria Patri Revised prayerbook, 1903 and Book of Prayer, 1941.

A CREED embodying the Conditions of Fellowship affirmed at the session of the General Convention held in Chicago and in Boston.

“I believe in God, the Father Almighty and Universal; and in Jesus Christ his Son, the true teacher, example, and Savior of the world. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the quickener and comforter of men. I believe in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as a revelation of righteousness, truth and love. I believe in the Holy Church Universal; in the communion of saints; in the certainty of punishment for transgression; in the forgiveness of sins; in the life immortal; in the final triumph of goodness and mercy; and in the union and harmony, at last, of all souls with God.”

2 Replies to “1903 Universalist Creed”

  1. The creed above, to me, expresses a belief in the divinity of Christ. If belief in that divinity was a central tenet of Universalism, how did it ever combine with the Unitarians?

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