单词 | the belief |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Belief 3. Theology. A formal statement of doctrines believed, a creed. In later use only in the Belief: = Apostles' Creed n. at apostle n. Additions. Cf. creed n.1 1a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > kinds of creed > [noun] > Apostles' creed creeda1000 the Belief1575 a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 73 Buten heo cunnen heore bileue, þet is pater noster and credo. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 11 (MED) Þe tuelf articles of þe cristene byleue. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. l. 7 I..sat softly adown and seide my bileue. c1550 How Plowman lerned Pater Noster 54 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 211 I mervayll ryght gretly, That thy byleve was never taught the. 1575 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 408 The Lordis prayer, the beleve, and the commandementis. 1637 T. Heywood Dial. i. 101 Some sung, and some did say Haile Virgin: others, their Beleefe. 1677 J. Armstrong Secret & Family Prayers 79 They that are baptized ought to learn the Belief, and on the first day of the Week to say it over to the Bishop or Presbyter. 1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 11 Kneeling at the Prayers, Standing at the Belief. 1795 W. Armstrong Catechetical Lect. ii. 20 A short summary called the Creed or Belief. 1817 W. Pitt Topogr. Hist. Staffs. i. 342 The upper part of the partition is neatly ornamented on the side facing the nave, with three painted tables of the Lord's Prayer and the Belief. 1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 324 I said..the Belief. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd viii. 68 I kneeled down and said the Lord's Prayer, and then the Belief right through. 1907 J. Watson Scot of 18th Cent. iii. 93 Dean Whitingham..was godfather to one of Knox's sons, and Bishop Coverdale to the other. It was the custom of the sponsors to say the Belief. 2008 J. I. Packer Affirming Apostles' Creed Pref. 11 Creed means ‘belief’; many Christians of former days used to call this Creed ‘the Belief’. < as lemmas |
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