Of Creeds and Canons--For "Nazarenes"

Of Creeds
Everyone has a creed. Dictionary definition of creed:
Creed: any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.

Your personal creed may not reflect the creed of any other denomination or religious group, but you yourself have a creed.
Now, do you or do you not hold to these twelve points:
1. I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
2. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
3. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
4. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
5. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again.
6. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
7. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
8. I believe in the Holy Spirit,
9. the holy catholic (NOT CATHOLIC AS IN ROMAN CATHOLIC!!! Definition of catholic: "universal in extent; involving all; of interest to all.") Church, the communion of saints,
10. the forgiveness of sins,
11. the resurrection of the body,
12. and life everlasting.


If you hold these twelve points, you hold the Apostle's Creed. If you do not, you do NOT hold the Apostle's Creed. It's a matter of saying you do or do not hold twelve simple statements of faith. Do you or do you not hold these twelve points true? If you do not hold them ALL true, which ones do you disagree with?

Of Canons
If you accept religious texts, you accept a canon of some sort. You may determine your own canon if you wish, but if you accept the canons of others (standard canons), I expect you to follow those who gave you those canons in other ways as well. If you create your own canon, I expect your theology to be based largely on the books in that canon. That is why I want to know which books you consider canonical. Do you accept the canon of the Council of Trent? the Samaritan Canon? the Masoretic Text? Do you accept as canonical other books which are not accepted in the standard canons, such as 1 & 2 Maccabees, Judith, Tobit, the Gospels of Barnabas or Thomas or Mary, the Didache, The Letter of Clement, The Book of Jasher, the Gospel of the Nazarenes, Gospel of the Ebionites, Gospel of the Hebrews, or the HIGHLY interesting Shepherd of Hermas.

YOUR CANON AND YOUR CREED DETERMINE YOUR BELIEF

You have a canon and creed and you must clearly define them, or I shall continue to call you a Christian, as you seem to follow standard Christian creeds and canons.