The Catholic Faith
The Christian profession of Faith is the Nicene Creed.

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Anglican Tradition

The following elements are characteristic of the Anglican Tradition:
1.    We believe that the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God
2.    We believe in the Episcopal nature of the Church (consisting of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons) as an inherent element of apostolic faith and practice
3.    We believe in the Sacraments of the Church
4.    We believe in the Catholic Creeds: the Apostles’, the Nicene, and the Athanasian
5.    We believe in the Councils of the undivided Church
6.    We receive the Liturgical Tradition of the Book of Common Prayer as the standard for Anglican faith and practice
7.    We receive the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion of 1571 as a legitimate expression of Anglican belief regarding doctrinal controversies of that time.